Table 2.

Bivariate Correlations (Spearman's rho) Between Participant Characteristics and MacCAT-CR Scores

	Understanding					Expression of a Choice
	Trial 1	Trial 2	Trial 3	Appreciation	Reasoning
Age (years)	0.015	−0.074	−0.178	−0.141	−0.035	−0.103
Education (years)	0.162	0.155	0.152	0.141	0.086	0.136
Age of Onset of Illness (N = 63)	0.190	0.223	0.172	−0.066	0.043	−0.033
PANSS (N = 68)
Positive subscale total	−0.163	−0.175	−0.184	−0.083	−0.013	−0.122
Negative subscale total	−0.346*	−0.309*	−0.196	−0.190	−0.063	−0.170
General subscale total	−0.269*	−0.366*	−0.309*	−0.158	−0.103	−0.267*
HAM-D Total (N = 67)	0.084	0.023	0.009	0.025	−0.117	0.007
Birchwood Insight Scale Total (N = 68)	0.118	0.183	0.145	0.084	0.190	0.200
Reading Comprehension (PIAT) (N = 54)	.489**	.447**	.375**	.562**	.056	.053
Aural Comprehension (Token test) (N = 51)	.372*	.387*	.352*	.362*	−.016	.133
Verbal Ability (N = 55)	0.528**	0.517**	0.460**	0.354*	0.151	0.150
Perceptual Organization (N = 54)	0.236	0.162	0.105	0.218	0.020	−0.001
Processing Speed (N = 55)	0.350*	0.296*	0.292*	0.238	−0.022	−0.010
Attention/Working Memory (N = 56)	0.463**	0.396*	0.392*	0.318*	0.042	0.065
Executive Function (N = 52)	0.370*	0.300*	0.268	0.350*	−0.006	0.117
Auditory Learning (N = 58)	0.480**	0.502**	0.430**	0.292*	0.051	0.143
Visual Learning (N = 54)	0.344*	0.405*	0.344*	0.221	0.111	0.129
Cognitive Composite (N = 55)	0.475**	0.445**	0.385*	0.304*	−0.001	0.065

Note: N = 70, unless otherwise indicated. PANSS = Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale; HAM-D = Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (17-item version); PIAT = Reading Comprehension subtest from the Peabody Individual Achievement Test; MacCAT-CR = MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool for Clinical Research.

*p < .05, **p <.001.