Table 2.
Summary of the Sex Differences and Pooled Mean Scores in Wisconsin Schizotypy Scales, in Total and Comparing Studies With Only Students and Other Studies
| Magical Ideation Scale | Perceptual Aberration Scale | Physical Anhedonia Scale | Social Anhedonia Scale | |||||||||||||
| Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | |||||||||
| N | Mean | Mean | ES (d) | N | Mean | Mean | ES (d) | N | Mean | Mean | ES (d) | N | Mean | Mean | ES (d) | |
| All studies | 29 | 8.29 | 8.54 | −0.01 | 22 | 5.25 | 5.67 | −0.08 | 23 | 14.72 | 11.73 | 0.59 | 14 | 9.96 | 7.77 | 0.44 |
| Only students | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 21 | 8.62 | 9.08 | −0.05 | 15 | 5.72 | 6.11 | −0.03 | 14 | 14.62 | 11.37 | 0.47 | 10 | 9.89 | 7.71 | 0.42 |
| No | 8 | 7.42 | 7.11 | −0.02 | 7 | 4.25 | 4.72 | −0.19a | 9 | 14.86 | 12.27 | 0.40 | 4 | 10.13 | 7.91 | 0.42 |
Note: ES (d) = effect size (Cohen d). Statistically significant (P < .05, z test) ESs are in bold.
When compared with “only students,” ES was statistically significantly smaller in studies that included only students in Perceptual Aberration Scale (z = 3.19, P = .001).