Maroño Souto, YolandaVázquez Campo, MiriamDíaz Llenderrozas, FranciscoRodríguez Álvarez, MarinaMateos, RaimundoGarcía Caballero, Alejandro2020-02-272020-02-272018Maroño Souto Y, Vázquez Campo M, Díaz Llenderrozas F, Rodríguez Álvarez M, Mateos R and García Caballero A (2018) Randomized Clinical Trial with e-MotionalTraining® 1.0 for Social Cognition Rehabilitation in Schizophrenia. Front. Psychiatry 9:40http://hdl.handle.net/10347/20828Background: Schizophrenia patients present deficits in social cognition (SC), emotion and social perception, theory of mind (ToM), and attributional style. This study tested the efficacy, in real clinical conditions, of a online self-training program in SC, e-Motional Training®, in comparison with treatment as usual. Method: A randomized single-blinded multicenter clinical trial was conducted with 60 schizophrenia stable outpatients. All patients (control and intervention) were treated with drug therapy, case management, and individual and group psychotherapy (not focused on SC). Intervention group was treated with e-Motional Training®, an online program devised for SC rehabilitation. Statistical analysis: A descriptive analysis and parametric/non-parametric tests were used to compare both groups at baseline. Analysis of covariance was used to compared post–pre changes in SC between the two interventions. If the group effect was significant, follow-up univariate test (t-test for dependent samples) was carried out in each group to verify whether the effect was due to improvement in the intervention group or deterioration in the control group. We considered statistically significant differences with P < 0.05. Results: Significant improvements were obtained in the intervention group in emotion recognition and most ToM variables in comparison with the control group. Discussion: e-Motional Training® seems to be a promising online training tool for SC deficits in schizophrenia, covering the lack of similar intervention instruments in our communityeng© 2018 Maroño Souto, Vázquez Campo, Díaz Llenderrozas, Rodríguez Álvarez, Mateos and García Caballero. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY)Atribución-NoComercial-CompartirIgual 4.0 Internacionalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/CognitionEmotional adjustmentTheory of mindSchizophreniaEmocional perceptionjournal article10.3389/fpsyt.2018.000401664-1078open access