Negative symptoms in schizophrenia, assessed by the brief negative symptom scale, self-evaluation of negative symptom scale, and social cognition: a gender effect.

Gender differences were found in the assessment of negative symptoms by a clinical scale and the relationship between negative symptoms and social cognition.KEY POINTSFemale patients scored better in the BNSS, PSP and both parts of the Faux-Pas testGender differences were present in the assessment of negative symptoms by clinical (BNSS) but not the self-assessment (SNS) scale.Female patients obtained a significant correlation between the results of the SNS scale, BNSS, PSP, and the affective part of the Faux-Pas test what was not the case in male subjects.