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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Nov 24.
Published in final edited form as: J Neurolinguistics. 2010 May;23(3):297–317. doi: 10.1016/j.jneuroling.2009.08.007

Table 3.

Symptom measures by gender and psychiatric diagnosis.a

Diagnosis
Schizophrenia
Schizoaffective
Bipolar
Major Depression
Significant Difference
N Mean (SD) N Mean (SD) N Mean (SD) N Mean (SD)
Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale
Depression/Anxiety: Male 32 2.55 (.99) 24 2.65 (1.16) 10 2.77 (.97) 11 2.66 (.84)
Female 19 2.42 (.87) 28 2.96 (1.08) 26 2.62 (1.11) 33 2.96 (.93)
Retardation: Male 32 2.70 (.61) 24 2.39 (.70) 10 2.20 (.40) 11 2.55 (.69)
Female 19 2.38 (.52) 28 2.20 (.65) 26 2.33 (.65) 33 2.18 (.57)
Psychosis: Male 32 2.86 (1.21) 24 2.53 (1.04) 10 1.73 (.47) 11 1.88 (.76) SZ =SA> BP =MD
Female 19 2.14 (1.15) 28 2.35 (1.12) 26 1.65 (.68) 33 1.73 (.58)
Activation: Male 32 2.16 (.74) 24 2.08 (.77) 10 1.57 (.28) 11 1.79 (.60) SZ =SA>MD
Female 19 1.63 (.46) 28 1.90 (.62) 26 1.73 (.68) 33 1.54 (.44)
Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms
Diminished expression: Male 32 2.33 (.91) 23 2.25 (.72) 10 2.12 (.52) 10 2.48 (.67)
Female 19 2.33 (.77) 28 2.15 (.71) 22 2.14 (.67) 31 1.98 (.80)
Inattention Alogia: Male 32 1.65 (.55) 23 1.70 (.67) 10 1.47 (32) 11 1.48 (.31)
Female 19 1.53 (.37) 28 1.74 (.67) 23 1.68 (.65) 31 1.51 (.52)
Social amotivation: Male 32 3.13 (.68) 23 3.00 (.76) 10 2.50 (.45) 11 3.01 (.62)
Female 19 2.94 (.66) 28 2.84 (.79) 25 2.93 (.68) 33 3.02 (.68)
CESD Total: Male 32 17.09 (9.86) 23 23.96 (11.62) 10 22.40 (11.58) 11 26.18 (13.64) MD= BP= SA> SZ
Female 18 13.72 (9.89) 28 22.18 (12.60) 26 22.27 (13.80) 33 29.76 (13.91)
a

SZ = Schizophrenia, SA = Schizoaffective Disorder, BP = Bipolar Disorder, MD = Major Depression.