Examine the role of social cognition and executive functioning against nicotine dependence in the proposed psychosocial pathway.

• Main Author: Yap, Gek Theng.
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology::Deviant psychology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/51003
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Social cognition has emerged as a second domain of cognitive impairments in schizophrenia. However, the role of social cognition in nicotine dependence is not well understood in the literature thus far. This review took a psychosocial approach in understanding nicotine dependence in schizophrenia. F...