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Published in final edited form as: Clin Psychol Rev. 2009 Feb 7;29(3):243. doi: 10.1016/j.cpr.2009.01.005

Table 5.

Social functioning effect sizes by study

Source Symptom measure Functional measure N r
Zimmerman, McGlinchey, Posternak et al. (2006) DID DID 503 .77a
Zimmerman, Posternak, and Chelminski (2004) Survey Survey 505 .77
Zimmerman et al. (2008) DID DID 514 .77
Mundt, Marks, Shear, and Greist (2002) HAM-D WSAS 208 .77b
Mundt et al. (2002) HAM-D WSAS 189 .75c
Koivumaa-Honkanen et al. (2008) HAM-D SOFAS 122 −.74d
Mundt et al. (2002) HAM-D WSAS 217 .73e
Kocsis et al. (2002) HAM-D SAS-SR 77 .72f
Vittengl, Clark and Jarrett (2004) Combinedg SAS-SR 155 .72
Mulder, Joyce, and Frampton (2003) SCL-90-D SAS 195 .72
Koivumaa-Honkanen et al. (2008) BDI SOFAS 122 −.71d
Mulder et al. (2003) SCL-90 SAS 195 .70
Hirschfeld et al. (2002) HAM-D SF-36-SF 224 −.69b
Weissman et al. (1978) SCL-90 SAS-SR 191 .66
Hirschfeld et al. (2002) HAM-D SAS-SR 225 .65b
Hirschfeld et al. (2002) HAM-D SAS-SR 227 .65b
Aikens et al. (2008) SCL-20 SF-36 511 .64h
Mundt et al. (2002) HAM-D WSAS 380 .63i
Bech et al. (2002) HAM-D SASS 30 −.62
Mulder et al. (2003) HAM-D-17 SAS 195 .62
Hirschfeld et al. (2002) HAM-D SAS-SR 226 .61b
Mulder et al. (2003) MADRS SAS 195 .61
Hirschfeld et al. (2002) HAM-D SF-36-SF 224 −.61b
Hirschfeld et al. (2002) HAM-D SAS-SR 225 .60e
Hirschfeld et al. (2002) HAM-D SAS-SR 225 .60j
Mulder et al. (2003) HAM-D SAS 195 .58
Vittengl et al. (2004) Combinedg IIP 155 .57
Hecht, von Zerssen, Krieg, Pössl, and Wittchen (1989) DSM-III SIS 48 .55
Koivumaa-Honkanen et al. (2008) HAM-D SOFAS 122 −.54i
Hirschfeld et al. (2002) HAM-D SAS-SR 226 .49j
Hirschfeld et al. (2002) HAM-D SAS-SR 227 .49j
Weissman et al. (1978) CES-D SAS-SR 191 .49
Hirschfeld et al. (2002) HAM-D SAS-SR 226 .46e
Hirschfeld et al. (2002) HAM-D SF-36-SF 224 −.46b
Bech (2005) HAM-D SF-36-SF 532 −.45
Bech (2005) HAM-D SF-36-RE 532 −.43
Hirschfeld et al. (2002) HAM-D SAS-SR 226 .42i
Hirschfeld et al. (2002) HAM-D SAS-SR 227 .39e
Koivumaa-Honkanen et al. (2008) BDI SOFAS 122 −.39i
Seivewright et al. (2004) HAM-D SFQ 177 .38k
Hirschfeld et al. (2002) HAM-D SAS-SR 225 .36i
Weissman et al. (1978) HAM-D SAS-SR 191 .36
Vittengl et al. (2004) Combinedg DAS 155 .36
Rytsälä et al. (2005) HAMD-D SOFAS 269 −.32
Hecht, von Zerssen, and Wittchen (1990) DSM-III SIS 46 .32
Hirschfeld et al. (2002) HAM-D SF-36-SF 224 −.31i
Rytsälä et al. (2006) HAM-D SOFAS 269 -.31l
Hirschfeld et al. (2002) HAM-D SAS-SR 227 .29i
Ranjith, Farmer, McGuffin, and Cleare (2005) IDS-SR SASS 80 −.29
Lisio et al. (1986) SAD SAS-II 176 .25
Hirschfeld et al. (2002) HAM-D SF-36-SF 224 −.25i
Koivumaa-Honkanen et al. (2008) MADRS SOFAS 122 −.24i
Kocsis et al. (2002) HAM-D SAS-SR 84 .24o
Conradi et al. (2008) Combinedm Combinedn 123 .22
Hirschfeld et al. (2002) HAM-D SF-36-SF 224 −.16i
Rytsälä et al. (2006) HAM-D SAS-SR 269 .15d
a

Authors reported Spearman ρ instead of Pearson r.

b

r computed for 12 week data.

c

r computed for 30 week data.

d

r computed on 6-year follow-up data.

e

r computed for 4 week data.

f

Sertraline treatment group only at 76 weeks into the treatment.

g

The HAM-D, IDS-SR, IDS-CR, and the BDI were combined to form a composite measure and r was computed based upon a longitudinal change score.

h

r computed between AUC scores for both measures.

i

r computed on baseline measures.

j

r computed for 8 week data.

k

r represents relationship between past depression and 12-year follow-up of social functioning.

l

r computed on longitudinal data.

m

Symptoms measured by first principal component of the SCL-90, the BDI, and the mental health/vitality scales from the SF-36.

n

Social functioning was measured by first principal component of the Groning’s List of Protracted Difficulties (Hendriks et al., 1990) and the Hostility scale of the SCL-90).

o

Placebo treatment group only at 76 weeks into the treatment.