Table 3.

Table 3a. Pleasure Ratings to Specific Pleasant, Neutral, and Unpleasant Pictures Contents
	Healthy Comparison Subjects1		Prodromal Patients2		First-Episode Schizophrenia Patients3		Chronic Schizophrenia Patients4
	Pleasure Ratings (1–9)
	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD
Couples/Family	6.71a	1.47	5.14a,b	2.16	6.54	1.45	7.07b	1.60
Food/Nature	6.49c	1.33	6.04c,d	1.13	6.26	1.34	6.91d	1.77
Mild Erotica	6.62e	1.41	5.98e,f	1.35	6.19	1.53	6.58f	1.58
Neutral	5.03	1.00	4.54	1.15	5.42	1.40	5.50	1.48
Loss/Pollution	3.41	1.36	3.77	1.67	3.51	1.41	3.27	1.53
Illness	3.04	1.30	3.23	1.48	3.05	1.33	2.77	1.47
Contamination	2.94	1.45	2.73	1.61	3.01	1.46	2.37	1.29
Accident	3.05	1.37	3.60g	1.51	2.91	1.42	2.34g	1.32
Mutilation	2.47	1.62	2.62	1.39	2.19	1.52	1.87	1.23
Animal Attack	3.87	1.89	4.67	2.02	3.47	1.48	3.38	1.81
Human Attack	3.08	1.64	3.92h,i	1.83	2.49h	1.36	2.24i	1.28

Table 3b. Arousal Ratings to Specific Pleasant, Neutral, and Unpleasant Pictures Contents
	Healthy Comparison Subjects1		Prodromal Patients2		First-Episode Schizophrenia Patients3		Chronic Schizophrenia Patients4
	Arousal Ratings (1–9)
	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD
Couples/Family	5.10	2.10	4.31	1.99	4.47	1.87	4.56	1.82
Food/Nature	5.18	1.64	4.65	1.75	4.33	1.89	4.83	1.83
Mild Erotica	5.81	1.71	5.35	2.07	4.89	1.90	5.61	1.66
Neutral	3.36	1.64	3.69	1.54	3.39	1.87	3.39	1.67
Loss/Pollution	4.61	1.51	3.92	1.29	3.87	1.74	4.34	1.48
Illness	4.55	1.46	3.98	1.96	3.79	1.71	4.31	1.65
Contamination	4.55	1.66	4.46	2.34	4.03	1.78	4.50	1.61
Accident	5.21	1.72	4.42	1.91	4.56	2.04	4.98	2.00
Mutilation	5.54	2.00	5.21	2.24	4.41	2.19	5.41	2.20
Animal Attack	5.52	1.80	5.83	2.07	4.66	2.29	5.71	1.77
Human Attack	5.92	1.84	5.75	2.03	5.04	2.24	6.14	1.92

Table 3c. Initial Heart Rate Deceleration to Specific Pleasant, Neutral, and Unpleasant Pictures Contents
	Healthy Comparison Subjects1		Prodromal Patients2		First-Episode Schizophrenia Patients3		Chronic Schizophrenia Patients4
	Initial Heart Rate Deceleration (bpm)
	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD
Couples/Family	−3.04	3.76	−4.84	5.17	−3.81	6.50	−2.68	2.14
Food/Nature	−2.44	3.32	−2.74	3.52	−2.45	3.46	−2.98	4.53
Mild Erotica	−3.92	4.45	−2.82	3.87	−3.93	3.81	−3.36	3.12
Neutral	−2.43	2.88	−4.65	5.46	−3.20	3.44	−2.45	4.06
Loss/Pollution	−3.49	4.09	−6.57a	5.22	−5.08	6.25	−2.11a	4.19
Illness	−3.44	3.15	−5.53	5.34	−3.01	3.37	−3.28	4.90
Contamination	−3.32	4.04	−3.98	5.56	−3.41	5.32	−3.57	4.00
Accident	−3.06b	3.43	−5.29b,c,d	5.11	−1.75c	1.76	−2.30d	2.34
Mutilation	−3.78	4.05	−3.18	6.22	−4.25	3.63	−3.06	2.88
Animal Attack	−3.41e	3.84	−7.39e,f,g	4.81	−3.26f	4.58	−3.34g	5.80
Human Attack	−3.17h	4.08	−9.40h,i,j	9.70	−2.94i	3.43	−1.85j	2.17

Table 3d. Peak Heart Rate Acceleration to Specific Pleasant, Neutral, and Unpleasant Pictures Contents
	Healthy Comparison Subjects1		Prodromal Patients2		First-Episode Schizophrenia Patients3		Chronic Schizophrenia Patients4
	Peak Heart Rate Acceleration (bpm)
	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD
Couples/Family	1.22	6.50	0.70	8.22	−0.27	8.08	−0.30	3.00
Food/Nature	2.00	6.12	3.12	5.26	1.60	4.15	−0.26	3.02
Mild Erotica	−0.25	6.17	1.71	5.75	1.16	6.38	−1.32	4.34
Neutral	2.41	4.82	2.38	10.12	1.56	4.50	−0.32	4.41
Loss/Pollution	0.67k	4.70	−4.75k,l,m	6.55	−1.16l	6.10	−0.10m	4.78
Illness	0.39	4.96	−0.98	5.92	0.33	4.75	−1.13	3.33
Contamination	0.76	6.84	5.41u	15.82	0.92	7.26	−1.16u	8.61
Accident	0.24	4.26	−0.80	3.68	1.89	3.85	−0.11	3.51
Mutilation	−0.65	5.20	1.06	12.26	−2.20	4.37	−1.68	3.73
Animal Attack	0.42o	4.89	−4.89o,p,q	5.34	−0.01p	5.93	−1.27q	4.03
Human Attack	1.27r	6.06	−4.22r,s,t	11.63	1.74s	6.97	−0.16t	3.12

For each dependent measure, superscript letter sets are used to indicate the results of group comparisons within a valence category. Groups that share a letter significantly differ from each other.

¹(n=65).

²(n=12).

³(n=31).

⁴(n=32).

For each dependent measure, superscript letter sets are used to indicate the results of group comparisons within a valence category. Groups that share a letter significantly differ from each other.

¹(n=66).

²(n=12).

³(n=37).

⁴(n=36).