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Table 1 Demographic information and clinical characteristics of two groups

From: Mentalizing in a movie for the assessment of social cognition (MASC): the validation in a taiwanese sample

 

Schizophrenia

(n = 41)

Mean ± SD

Healthy Control

(n = 126)

Mean ± SD

group comparison

Gender

18 males (56.1%)

23 females (43.9%)

38 males (30.2%)

88 females (69.8%)

χ2(1) = 2.62, p = .105

Age

47.61 (± 9.49)

26.05 (± 11.01)

t(165) = 11.25, p < .001

Positive symptoms

7.39 (± 2.10)

-

 

Negative symptoms

12.12 (± 12.12)

-

 

Disorganized symptoms

6.80 (± 2.24)

-

 

Excited symptoms

5.76 (± 2.26)

-

 

Depressed symptoms

5.22 (± 1.98)

-

 

Executive function (WCST)

3.10 (± 3.20)

7.51 (± 2.27)

t(53.653) = -9.72, p < .001

MASC-TW correct

14.59 (± 4.83)

29.83 (± 4.15)

t(165) = -19.61, p < .001

Cognitive MASC-TW

8.24 (± 3.14)

18.02 (± 3.20)

t(165) = -17.08, p < .001

Affective MASC-TW

6.07 (± 2.40)

11.29 (± 1.91)

t(165) = -14.23, p < .001

MASC-TW exToM

6.63 (± 2.75)

6.34 (± 2.58)

t(165) = 0.62, p = .535

MASC-TW lessToM

15.63 (± 4.02)

5.54 (± 2.80)

t(53.211) = -14.95, p < .001

MASC-TW noToM

7.95 (± 3.10)

3.28 (± 2.08)

t(52.247) = -9.02, p < .001

ToM verbal score

20.66 (± 7.59)

26.83 (± 2.77)

t(43.508) = -5.10, p < .001

ToM nonverbal score

10.71 (± 3.57)

14.10 (± 3.16)

t(165) = -5.78, p < .001

DANVA-2-TW_Facial recognition

0.41 (± 0.18)

0.68 (± 0.11)

t(50.314) = -8.95, p < .001

DANVA-2-TW_Prosodic recognition

0.37 (± 0.20)

0.73 (± 0.13)

t(50.671) = -10.83, p < .001

  1. Note. DANVA-2-TW = the Taiwanese Version of the Diagnostic Analysis of Non-verbal Accuracy 2; MASC-TW = the Taiwanese version of the Movie for the Assessment of Social Cognition; ToM = the Chinese version of the Theory of Mind task; WCST = the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test