Table 1 Characteristics of participants.

From: Preserved implicit mentalizing in schizophrenia despite poor explicit performance: evidence from eye tracking

Variable

Schizophrenic participants

Controls

Statistics

p value

N

29

 

29

   

Sex ratio (M/F)1

21/8

 

19/10

 

Χ2 = 0.1

0.777

Visual correction (CL/G)2

1/12

 

3/9

 

Χ2 = 03

1

 

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

  

Age (years)

39

12.5

40.7

13.5

t(56) = 0.5

0.63

Educational level (years)

12

2.3

12.4

1.5

t(56) = 0.9

0.389

Estimated General Intelligence4

8.3

2.1

9.3

2.1

t(56) = 1.8

0.08

Contextual control (error rate)5

0.17

0.13

0.09

0.1

F(1, 55) = 6.3

0.015

Illness duration (years)

18

11.1

    

Hospitalizations duration (months)

16.5

19.3

    

Haloperidol equivalents (mg/24 h)

11.7

8.6

    

PANSS total

90.6

12

    

PANSS Positive factor

20.7

3.5

    

PANSS Negative factor

24.1

4.5

    

PANSS Disorganization factor

20.2

3.8

    

PANSS Excitement factor

14.6

2.5

    

PANSS Anxiety/Depression factor

8.2

2.9

    
  1. 1male/female.
  2. 2contact lenses/glasses.
  3. 3For the chi-square test, contact lenses and glasses were counted as one category due to small sample size.
  4. 4Mean scaled scores, from 1 to 19. Wechsler intelligence scaled scores have a mean of 10 and a standard deviation of 3 in the general population.
  5. 5For the high contextual control condition only.
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