Development and Validation of a Rapid Tool to Measure Pragmatic Abilities: The Brief Assessment of Pragmatic Abilities and Cognitive Substrates (APACS Brief)

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作者：

Bischetti, Luca ^{[1
]}

Frau, Federico ^{[1
]}

Pucci, Veronica ^{[2
]}

Agostoni, Giulia ^{[3
,4
]}

Pompei, Chiara ^{[1
]}

Mangiaterra, Veronica ^{[1
]}

di San Pietro, Chiara Barattieri ^{[1
]}

Scalingi, Biagio ^{[1
]}

Dall'Igna, Francesca ^{[1
]}

Mangiaracina, Ninni ^{[5
]}

Lago, Sara ^{[6
,7
]}

Montemurro, Sonia ^{[2
]}

Mondini, Sara ^{[2
,6
]}

Bosia, Marta ^{[3
,4
]}

Arcara, Giorgio ^{[6
,7
]}

Bambini, Valentina ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Sch Adv Studies IUSS, Dept Humanities & Life Sci, Lab Neurolinguist & Expt Pragmat NEP, Piazza Vittoria 15, I-27100 Pavia, Italy

[2] Univ Padua, FISPPA Dept, I-35131 Padua, Italy

[3] Univ Vita Salute San Raffaele, Sch Med, I-20132 Milan, Italy

[4] IRCCS San Raffaele Hosp, Schizophrenia Res & Clin Unit, I-20127 Milan, Italy

[5] Univ Palermo, Dept Psychol Educ Sci & Human Movement SPPEFF, I-90128 Palermo, Italy

[6] IRCCS San Camillo Hosp, I-30126 Venice, Italy

[7] Univ Padua, I-35122 Padua, Italy

来源：

BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES | 2025年 / 15卷 / 02期

关键词：

pragmatics; pragmatic impairment; pragmatic disorder; APACS; cognitive-communicative disorder; schizophrenia; BRAIN-INJURY; COMMUNICATION; IMPAIRMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; RECOGNITION; FREQUENCY; IRONY;

D O I：

10.3390/bs15020107

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学];

学科分类号：

04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

Pragmatics is key to communicating effectively, and its assessment in vulnerable populations is of paramount importance. Although tools exist for this purpose, they are often effortful and time-consuming, with complex scoring procedures, which hampers their inclusion in clinical practice. To address these issues, we present the Brief Assessment of Pragmatic Abilities and Cognitive Substrates (APACS Brief), a rapid (10 min), easy-to-use and freely distributed tool for evaluating pragmatics in Italian, inspired by the existing APACS test and already validated in the remote version (APACS Brief Remote). The APACS Brief test measures-with a simplified scale-the domains of discourse production and figurative language understanding and is developed in two parallel forms, each including novel items differing from APACS. Psychometric properties, cut-off scores, and thresholds for change were computed on 287 adults. The analysis revealed satisfactory internal consistency, good test-retest reliability, and strong concurrent and construct validity. Moreover, APACS Brief showed excellent discriminant validity on a sample of 56 patients with schizophrenia, who were also cross-classified consistently by APACS Brief and APACS cut-off values. Overall, APACS Brief is a reliable tool for evaluating pragmatic skills and their breakdown, with brief administration time and simple scoring making it well-suited for screening in at-risk populations.

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