Evaluating social effort in schizophrenia: psychometric properties of the social effort and conscientiousness scale (SEACS) in patients with schizophrenia

Key Points

• This research aims to assess the reliability and validity of the Social Effort and Conscientiousness Scale (SEACS) in patients with schizophrenia.
• Developed the SEACS-TR tool specifically for assessing social effort in schizophrenia.
• Conducted psychometric evaluations to determine the reliability and validity of the scale.
• The SEACS-TR demonstrated high reliability, indicating it consistently measures social effort.
• The scale was found to be valid, effectively capturing the social effort construct in patients with schizophrenia.