Table 4 Linear multiple regression analyses to examine the moderating role of sex in associations between social cognition and functioning.

From: The effect of sex on social cognition and functioning in schizophrenia

  

Step 1

Step 2a

Step 3b

  

R2

AIC

R2

ΔR2

AIC

R2

ΔR2

AIC

Unstandardized coefficientsc

          

Female

Male

Social cognitive composite

UPSA

0.343**

−1075

0.345**

0.002

−1074

0.363**

0.018*

−1079

0.05**

0.093**

 

MASC

0.071**

−379

0.097**

0.026*

−384

0.098**

0.001

−382

  
 

RFS

0.079**

1058

0.080**

0.001

1057

0.081**

0.001

1059

  

IRI total

UPSA

0.000

−971

0.013

0.013

−972

0.013

0.000

−970

  
 

MASC

0.023**

−362

0.055**

0.032**

−368

0.055**

0.000

−366

  
 

RFS

0.002

1125

0.026

0.024**

1118

0.026

0.000

1120

  
  1. AIC Akaike Information Criterion, UPSA the University of California at San Diego Performance-based Assessment, MASC the Maryland Assessment of Social Competence, RFS the Role Functioning Scale, IRI the Interpersonal Reactivity Index.
  2. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01.
  3. aStep 2 included sex as a dummy variable.
  4. bStep 3 included interaction between sex and predictors.
  5. cFor significant interactions, unstandardized coefficients are presented. The significance of unstandardized coefficients was examined using t-tests.