TY - JOUR
T1 - Agency in schizophrenia and autism
T2 - a systematic review
AU - Tan, Denise P.W.
AU - Carter, Olivia
AU - Marshall, Darcy Rose
AU - Perrykkad, Kelsey
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) declare that no financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2023 Tan, Carter, Marshall and Perrykkad.
PY - 2023/12/21
Y1 - 2023/12/21
N2 - Introduction: Previous research suggests that altered experiences of agency are an underlying vulnerability in both schizophrenia and autism. Here, we explore agency as a potential transdiagnostic factor by conducting a systematic review of existing literature investigating agency in autism and schizophrenia individually and together. Methods: Following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines, we conducted three systematic searches on PsycINFO, Embase, Medline, PubMed and Web of Science to identify studies that investigated (1) agency in schizophrenia, (2) agency in autism, and (3) agency in both schizophrenia and autism. Results: A total of 31 articles met eligibility criteria for inclusion and data extraction, with 24 measuring agency in schizophrenia, 7 investigating agency in autism, and no articles comparing the two. Results show that, compared to control populations, agency is significantly different in every identified schizophrenia study and generally not significantly different in autism. Discussion: Importantly, we identified a lack of studies using common tasks and a disproportionate number of studies investigating different dimensions of agency across the two conditions, resulting in limited grounds for valid comparison. Systematic review registration: Prospero, CRD42021273373.
AB - Introduction: Previous research suggests that altered experiences of agency are an underlying vulnerability in both schizophrenia and autism. Here, we explore agency as a potential transdiagnostic factor by conducting a systematic review of existing literature investigating agency in autism and schizophrenia individually and together. Methods: Following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines, we conducted three systematic searches on PsycINFO, Embase, Medline, PubMed and Web of Science to identify studies that investigated (1) agency in schizophrenia, (2) agency in autism, and (3) agency in both schizophrenia and autism. Results: A total of 31 articles met eligibility criteria for inclusion and data extraction, with 24 measuring agency in schizophrenia, 7 investigating agency in autism, and no articles comparing the two. Results show that, compared to control populations, agency is significantly different in every identified schizophrenia study and generally not significantly different in autism. Discussion: Importantly, we identified a lack of studies using common tasks and a disproportionate number of studies investigating different dimensions of agency across the two conditions, resulting in limited grounds for valid comparison. Systematic review registration: Prospero, CRD42021273373.
KW - autism
KW - judgment of agency
KW - schizophrenia
KW - sense of agency
KW - transdiagnostic
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85181492807
U2 - 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1280622
DO - 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1280622
M3 - Review Article
C2 - 38187412
AN - SCOPUS:85181492807
SN - 1664-1078
VL - 14
JO - Frontiers in Psychology
JF - Frontiers in Psychology
M1 - 1280622
ER -