Validation of the GEOPTE scale of social cognition for psychosis in patients diagnosed with schizophrenia in Latin America

The purpose of this study was to validate the GEOPTE scale social cognition for its use in patients diagnosed with schizophrenia Latin American countries. participants were 253 a diagnosis Schizophrenia and main caregivers from mental health services Bolivia, Chile, Peru. psychometric properties obtained through confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), CFA-multigroup, reliability coefficients Pearson's correlation. CFA showed adequacy between original theoretical structure one established validation study. satisfactory indicators, presented significant associations Positive Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) only weak invariance according gender. has sufficient evidence validity