Table 1.
First Phase Participant Characteristics for Demographic, Clinical, and Social Cognitive Measures (N = 77)
| All subjects N = 77 | HN (1) n = 24 | HSC (2) n = 27 | LSC (3) n = 26 | |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 43 (55.8) | 18 (75) | 13 (48.1) | 12 (46.2) |
| Female | 34 (44.1) | 6 (25) | 14 (51.9) | 14 (53.8) |
| Marital status | ||||
| Married | 4 (5.1) | 1 (4.2) | 2 (7.4) | 1 (3.8) |
| Separated/divorced | 11 (14.2) | 0 (0) | 6 (22.2) | 5 (19.2) |
| Single | 61 (79.2) | 23 (95.8) | 18 (66.7) | 20 (76.9) |
| Widowed | 1 (1.2) | 0 (0) | 1 (3.7) | 0 (0) |
| Schizophrenia diagnosis | ||||
| Disorganized | 1 (1.2) | 1 (4.2) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Paranoid | 30 (38.9) | 8 (33.3) | 10 (37.0) | 12(46.2) |
| Residual | 12 (15.5) | 6 (25.0) | 3 (11.1) | 3 (11.5) |
| Undifferentiated | 8 (10.3) | 4 (16.7) | 3 (11.1) | 1 (3.8) |
| Schizoaffective | 25 (32.4) | 5 (20.8) | 10 (37.0) | 10 (38.5) |
| Psychosis disorder NOS | 1 (1.2) | 0 (0) | 1 (3.7) | 0 (0) |
| Medications | ||||
| Atypical | 50 (64.9) | 15 (62.5) | 20 (74.1) | 15 (57.7) |
| Conventional | 13 (16.8) | 3 (12.5) | 5 (18.5) | 5 (19.2) |
| Both | 4 (5.1) | 3 (12.5) | 0 (0) | 1 (3.8) |
| None | 10 (12.9) | 3 (12.5) | 2 (7.4) | 5 (19.2) |
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |
| Age | 43.4 (10.4) | 37.1 (10.8) | 44.5 (8.8) | 48.1 (8.8) |
| Estimated IQa | 91.3 (15.2) | 94.1 (17.3) | 97.7 (14.8) | 82.2 (8.1) |
| Education | 12.7 (2.4) | 13.1 (3.2) | 13.0 (2.0) | 12.1 (1.8) |
| Age of onset | 22.7 (9.9) | 23.2 (7.7) | 22.0 (11.8) | 23.0 (9.9) |
| Lifetime # of hospitalizations | 7.8 (9.07) | 6.9 (10.4) | 8.6 (9.7) | 7.7 (7.0) |
| GAF | 42.3 (7.9) | 41.1 (6.5) | 44.4 (9.4) | 41.1 (7.1) |
| PANSS | ||||
| Positive | 15.1 (5.4) | 15.2 (5.3) | 15.9 (5.8) | 14.3 (5.3) |
| Negative | 15.9 (6.6) | 23.7 (3.9) | 12.4 (4.0) | 12.4 (4.3) |
| Cognitive | 15.5 (4.3) | 16.7 (4.9) | 14.5 (4.1) | 15.5 (3.8) |
| Hostility | 6.4 (3.0) | 6.5 (2.7) | 6.5 (3.5) | 6.2 (2.) |
| Emotional discomfort | 8.8 (3.7) | 9.5 (3.3) | 8.7 (4.3) | 8.3 (3.4) |
| SANS | ||||
| Flattening/blunting | 7.8 (.89) | 15.4 (6.9) | 2.9 (3.7) | 5.2 (6.2) |
| Alogia | 3.4 (3.5) | 7.2 (2.4) | 1.3 (1.9) | 2.1 (2.8) |
| Avolition/apathy | 6.4 (4.9) | 9.9 (4.8) | 4.7 (4.2) | 4.8 (4.1) |
| Anhedonia/asociality | 11.5 (6.4) | 15.7 (5.3) | 9.2 (6.6) | 10.1 (5.5) |
| Social cognition measures | ||||
| SAT-MC–score correct | 10.8 (4.5) | 11.4 (3.5) | 13.4 (4.3) | 7.7 (3.6) |
| BLERT-score correct | 12.8 (3.3) | 13.6 (2.5) | 14.8 (2.6) | 9.8 (2.6) |
| Hinting score | 16.7 (2.2) | 15.7 (2.4) | 17.3 (2.0) | 16.9 (2.0) |
| BORRTI egocentricity | 61.4 (12.2) | 59.1 (11.8) | 57.4 (12.8) | 67.6 (9.69) |
| MSCEIT-MC T-score | 37.6 (13.2) | 39.2 (12.6) | 46.7 (8.8) | 26.5 (9.1) |
Note: HN (1) = High Negative; HSC (2) = Higher Social Cognition; LSC (3) = Low Social Cognition; GAF, Global Assessment of Functioning; PANSS, Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale; SANS, Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms; SAT-MC, Social Attribution Task—Multiple Choice; BLERT, Bell Lysaker Emotion Recognition Test; BORRTI, Bell Object Relations Reality Testing Inventory; MSCEIT, Mayer–Salovey–Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test.
Estimated IQ Wechsler Adult Scale of Intelligence III (WAIS-III) full scale deviation quotient for sum of scaled scores for vocabulary and block design dyad. ANOVA with Bonferroni post-hoc comparisons: F(2,74) = 8.92; P < .01 = 1 > 3, 2 > 3.