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The clinical assessment interview for negative symptoms (CAINS): Final development and validation

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Kring, Ann M., Gur, Raquel E., Blanchard, Jack J., Horan, William P., Reise, Steven P.·2013·American Journal of Psychiatry

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OBJECTIVE: A major barrier to developing treatments for negative symptoms has been measurement concerns with existing assessment tools. Fulfilling the top recommendation of the National Institute of Mental Health's Consensus Development Conference on Negative Symptoms, the Clinical Assessment Interview for Negative Symptoms (CAINS) was developed using an iterative, empirical approach, and includes items assessing motivation, pleasure, and emotion expression. The authors employed multiple analytic techniques to develop the CAINS and here provide final development and validation results. METHOD: The CAINS structure, interrater agreement, test-retest reliability, and convergent and discriminant validity were assessed in a large and diverse sample of 162 outpatients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder recruited from four sites. RESULTS: Three items with poor psychometric properties were removed, resulting in a 13-item CAINS. The CAINS factor structure was replicated, demonstrating two modestly correlated scales: expression (four items) and motivation/pleasure (nine items). The scales demonstrated good internal consistency, test-retest stability, and interrater agreement. Strong convergent validity was demonstrated by linkages with other negative symptom measures, self-report scales of sociality, pleasure, and motivation, and coded facial expressions. Discriminant validity was shown by independence from depression, medication side effects, and cognition. Notably, the CAINS scales were related to real-world vocational, independent living, and social/familial functioning. CONCLUSIONS: The CAINS is an empirically developed and evaluated measure of negative symptoms. Findings indicate that the CAINS is brief yet comprehensive and employable across a wide range of research and clinical contexts.

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  • CAINS, BNSS, and SSPA are screenings used to evaluate schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

    “Other forms of disorders, i.e. schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, can be evaluated with screenings such as the Clinical Assessment Interview for Negative Symptoms (CAINS) [60], Brief Negative Symptom Scale (BNSS) [61], the Social Skills Performance Assessment (SSPA) [53], and several others that measure the effects of thought and mood disorders.”

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Authors
Kring, A. M., Gur, R. E., Blanchard, J. J., Horan, W. P., & Reise, S. P.
Affiliations
University of California, Los Angeles (US)
Venue
American Journal of Psychiatry
Published
2013-02
Volume
170
Issue
2
Pages
165-172
ISSN
  • 0002-953X (ISSN-L)
  • 1535-7228
OpenAlex
W2131925003
Cited by
726
References
43
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FWCI
38.03
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • American Journal of Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (5r01mh082782-03, 5r01mh082890-03)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (1R01MH082890, R01-MH082890, R01-MH082782, R01MH082839, R01MH082783, 1R01MH082782)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Psychological Testing and Assessment
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Mental Health and Psychiatry
Keywords
negative symptoms, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, motivation, pleasure, emotional expression, interview assessment, psychometric validation, factor structure, convergent validity, discriminant validity, vocational functioning, independent living, social functioning
MeSH terms
Adult, Female, Humans, Interview, Psychological, Male, Middle Aged, Motivation, Outpatients, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Psychological Tests, Psychotic Disorders, Schizophrenia, Schizophrenic Psychology, Social Behavior, Socioeconomic Factors, Volition, Reproducibility of Results, Expressed Emotion, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Pleasure, Anhedonia

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