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. 2009 Nov 4;37(3):603–610. doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbp122

Table 2.

Severity of Negative Symptoms in Patients With and Without PTSD

SZ − PTSD
SZ + PTSD
F P
Mean SD Mean SD
Current PTSD
    SDS blunted affect 1.47 1.28 1.07 1.38 1.05 .31
    SDS emotional range 0.85 1.16 0.36 1.08 2.10 .15
    SDS poverty of speech 0.78 1.18 0.71 1.43 0.03 .86
    SDS curbed interests 0.98 1.19 0.93 1.26 0.22 .88
    SDS sense of purpose 1.11 1.33 1.14 1.26 0.36 .55
    SDS social drive 1.16 1.28 0.93 1.23 0.01 .93
    SANS global affective flattening 2.35 1.56 1.43 1.28 4.09 .05
    SANS global alogia 1.82 1.38 1.21 1.57 2.00 .16
    SANS global avolition 1.93 1.46 1.71 1.43 0.24 .63
    SANS global anhedonia-asociality 2.09 1.51 2.21 1.67 0.07 .79
    BPRS emotional withdrawal 2.64 1.86 2.36 2.09 0.24 .63
    BPRS motor retardation 2.05 1.52 2.00 1.66 0.01 .91
    BPRS blunted affect 3.25 2.06 2.29 1.97 2.50 .11
Lifetime PTSD
    SDS blunted affect 1.72 1.27 0.97 1.24 6.00 .02
    SDS emotional range 1.05 1.27 0.37 0.85 6.43 .01
    SDS poverty of speech 0.82 1.18 0.70 1.29 0.15 .69
    SDS curbed interests 1.13 1.28 0.77 1.07 1.55 .22
    SDS sense of purpose 1.31 1.35 0.87 1.14 5.70 .02
    SDS social drive 1.44 1.42 0.70 1.00 2.09 .15
    SANS global affective flattening 2.62 1.52 1.57 1.38 8.64 <.001
    SANS global alogia 1.85 1.44 1.50 1.43 0.98 .33
    SANS global avolition 1.97 1.60 1.77 1.25 0.34 .56
    SANS global anhedonia-asociality 2.33 1.54 1.83 1.48 1.83 .18
    BPRS emotional withdrawal 2.90 1.94 2.17 1.80 2.55 .11
    BPRS motor retardation 2.21 1.50 1.83 1.57 0.19 .32
    BPRS blunted affect 3.62 2.10 2.33 1.83 7.08 .01