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. 2025 Sep 23;11(5):e220. doi: 10.1192/bjo.2025.10834

Table 3.

Correlations between catatonic signs and psychopathological scores

PANSS total Emsley
positive
Emsley
negative
Emsley
disorganised
Emsley excited Emsley
anxiety
CDS score YMRS score PSS score OCI-R score PSRS score PSP score
Excitement 0.15 0.17 0.07 0.12 0.314* 0.13 0.11 0.322* −0.19 −0.43* −0.13 −0.43
Immobility/stupor 0.323* −0.08 0.338* 0.29 0.12 0.13 0.31* 0.21 0 0.09 0 −0.23
Mutism 0.316* −0.03 0.353* 0.361* 0.08 0.28 0.18 −0.01 0.02 0.15 −0.1 −0.21
Staring 0.25 0.17 0.364* 0.29 0.24 0.29 0.24 −0.07 −0.01 −0.01 −0.05 −0.23
Posturing/catalepsy 0.375** 0.06 0.363* 0.423** 0.14 0.28 0.19 −0.08 −0.08 0.29 −0.13 −0.22
Grimacing 0.13 0.06 −0.09 0.24 0.22 0.11 −0.2 −0.17 0.06 −0.15 0.13
Echopraxia/echolalia 0.306* 0.26 0.18 0.323* 0.2 0.341* 0.08 −0.07 0.19 −0.14 0.02 −0.16
Stereotypy 0.268* 0.07 0.27 0.311* 0.2 0.311* 0.31* 0.17 −0.18 0.15 −0.12 −0.2
Mannerisms 0.22 0.15 0.14 0.31* 0.16 0.07 0.09 0.11 −0.13 0.08 0.03 0
Verbigeration 0.24 0.06 0.11 0.314* 0.22 0.17 −0.13 0.09 0.08 0.04 0.06 0.11
Rigidity 0.09 −0.17 0.26 0.02 0.349* 0.27 0.23 0.03 0.11 0.15 0.06 −0.25
Negativism 0.04 0.01 0.18 −0.06 −0.07 −0.13 0.19 0.15 −0.04 0.03 −0.19 −0.14
Waxy flexibility 0.21 −0.02 0.23 0.26 0 0.14 0.01 −0.05 0.16 −0.11 −0.22
Withdrawal 0.316* −0.34 0.352* 0.362* 0.09 0.28 0.18 −0.02 0.02 0.15 −0.1 −0.21

CDS, Calgary Depression Scale; YMRS, Young Mania Rating Scale; PSS, Perceived Stress Scale; OCI-R, Obsessive–Compulsive Inventory-Revised; PSRS, Plutchik Suicide Risk Scale; PSP, Personal and Social Performance Scale.

*P < 0.05; **p < 0.001.