Datasets for the development and validation of the Brief Examination of Social Abilities (BE-Social)

The datasets included in this repository were collected as part of the development and validation of the Brief Examination of Social Abilities (BE-Social), a brief screening test designed to assess social cognition. The BE-Social evaluates multiple socio-cognitive processes, including social perception, Theory of Mind (ToM), empathy, and the understanding of moral and social rules, through seven tasks administered in approximately 15 minutes. The repository contains datasets from healthy controls and clinical participants used to examine the psychometric properties of the instrument, including standardization, test–retest reliability, and convergent and divergent validity with other cognitive and socio-cognitive measures. The normative dataset was used to compute regression-based score adjustments and equivalent scores (ES). Due to ethical and privacy restrictions datasets may be made available for research purposes upon reasonable request. Researchers interested in accessing the data for scientific purposes may request access through Zenodo or by contacting the corresponding author (Maria Franca, [e-mail]). The repository contains the following datasets: - dataset_hc.xlsx Normative sample of healthy control participants used for the standardization of the BE-Social, including regression-based score adjustment and the calculation of ES. - dataset_pz.xlsx Clinical sample used to evaluate the ability of the BE-Social to discriminate between healthy individuals and patients with neurological conditions. - dataset_test_retest.xlsx Subsample used to assess the test–retest reliability of the BE-Social. - dataset_validity_hc.xlsx Dataset used to examine convergent and divergent validity with other cognitive and socio-cognitive measures. Each dataset includes an additional sheet containing the legend and description of all variables. The materials required to administer the BE-Social (manual, protocol, stimuli, and scoring sheet) are freely available on the Open Science Framework (OSF) https://osf.io/2w5hn/. If you use these datasets in your research, please cite the article describing the development and validation of the Brief Examination of Social Abilities (BE-Social). Full citation details will be updated once the article is published.本仓库所收录的数据集，均为开发与验证**社会能力简短筛查测验（Brief Examination of Social Abilities, BE-Social）**过程中采集所得。该测验为一款旨在评估社会认知的简短筛查工具。 BE-Social通过共计7项、耗时约15分钟即可完成的任务，对多项社会认知加工过程进行评估，涵盖社会知觉、**心理理论（Theory of Mind, ToM）**、共情，以及对道德与社会规则的理解等维度。 本仓库收录了来自健康对照组与临床参与者的数据集，用于检验该测验的心理测量学属性，包括标准化流程、重测信度，以及与其他认知和社会认知测评工具间的会聚效度与区分效度。其中常模样本数据集被用于计算基于回归的分数校正值与等效分数（Equivalent Scores, ES）。 受伦理与隐私限制，本数据集仅可应合理申请后用于科研用途。有意获取该数据开展科学研究的人员，可通过Zenodo平台提交申请，或联系通讯作者Maria Franca（邮箱：[e-mail]）。 本仓库包含如下数据集： - dataset_hc.xlsx：用于BE-Social标准化流程的健康对照组常模样本数据集，涵盖基于回归的分数校正与ES计算相关数据。 - dataset_pz.xlsx：用于评估BE-Social区分健康个体与神经系统疾病患者能力的临床样本数据集。 - dataset_test_retest.xlsx：用于评估BE-Social重测信度的子样本数据集。 - dataset_validity_hc.xlsx：用于检验与其他认知和社会认知测评工具间会聚效度与区分效度的数据集。 每份数据集均附带一张额外工作表，用于说明所有变量的编码规则与详细定义。 BE-Social施测所需的全部材料（施测手册、实验流程、刺激材料与计分表）均可在开放科学框架（Open Science Framework, OSF）平台https://osf.io/2w5hn/免费获取。 若您在研究中使用本数据集，请引用介绍BE-Social开发与验证过程的相关论文。论文完整引用信息将在文章正式发表后更新。