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. 2010 Dec 2;4:182. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2010.00182

Table 3.

Group comparison between patients with borderline personality disorder with and without comorbid PTSD and controls in the “movie for the assessment of social cognition” (MASC).

Patients with BPD without PTSD (N = 42) Patients with BPD with PTSD (N = 22) Healthy comparison subjects (N = 38) Post hoc tests (Bonferroni)
Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Fa η2 1 vs 2 1 vs 3 2 vs 3
MASC sum score 31.3 6.8 27.2 9.1 35.6 3.9 12.1** 0.20 0.053 0.012 0.000
MASC subscore emotion 10.8 2.9 9.9 3.7 11.8 1.7 3.5* 0.07 0.640 0.312 0.032
MASC subscore thoughts 3.3 0.7 2.6 1.1 3.5 0.6 9.4** 0.16 0.002 0.998 0.000
MASC subscore intentions 9.3 2.6 8.2 3.0 11.0 1.9 10.0** 0.17 0.256 0.009 0.000

PTSD, posttraumatic stress disorder; SD, standard deviation.

aANOVA model for “MASC sum score” and MANOVA model for “MASC subscores”, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01.