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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 5.

Neurocognitive functioning by gender and psychiatric diagnosis.a,b

Diagnosis
Schizophrenia Schizoaffective Bipolar Major Depression
Neurocognitive measures N Mean (SD) N Mean (SD) N Mean (SD) N Mean (SD) Significant Differences
Memory Male 32 .07 (.70) 24 −.20 (.64) 10 .43 (.56) 11 −.08 (.59) M–BP =F–MD>M–SA=F–SZ
Female 19 −.59 (.76) 28 −.03 (.91) 26 −.10 (.70) 33 .39 (.69)
Verbal fluency Male 32 −.20 (.82) 24 −.18 (.84) 10 .05 (.63) 11 −.10 (1.13)
Female 19 −.35 (.64) 28 .02 (.93) 26 .13 (.94) 33 .43 (.87)
Psychomotor speed Male 32 .02 (.38) 24 .02 (.43) 10 .05 (.44) 11 −.40 (1.11)
Female 19 −.17 (.55) 28 .11 (.42) 26 −.02 (.67) 33 .04 (.79)
Executive functioning Male 32 −.13 (.77) 24 −.04 (.79) 10 .22 (.63) 11 .01 (.75)
Female 19 −.39 (.82) 28 −.05 (.74) 25 .08 (.61) 33 .22 (.80)
Overall cognitive functioning Male 32 −.39 (.48) 24 −.43 (.56) 10 −.12 (.35) 11 −.47 (.61) M–BP =F–MD>M–SA=F–SZ
Female 19 −.71 (.49) 28 −.31 (.61) 26 −.32 (.62) 33 −.04 (.56)
a

. SZ = Schizophrenia, SA = Schizoaffective Disorder, BP = Bipolar Disorder, MD = Major Depression, F = Female, M = Male.

b

Factor scores based on 4-factor solution factor analysis of DKEFS.