Table 5.
Differences in Social Functioning for Combined Sample (N = 140) Using the “Rule- of- Thumb” Classification
| “Rule of Thumb” Derived Groups | |||||||
| HN (1) (n = 43) Mean (SD) | HSC (2) (n = 44) Mean (SD) | LSC (3) (n = 53) Mean (SD) | F/Chi square | P | Bonferroni Post hoc Comparisona | ||
| n = 139b | Age of onset | 24.0 (8.8) | 19.2 (9.4) | 24.4 (8.9) | 4.57 | .012 | 1>2; 3>2 |
| GAF | 40.9 (7.0) | 45.1 (8.9) | 41.1 (8.0) | 3.92 | .022 | 2>1; 2>3 | |
| QLS total | 46.5 (14.8) | 59.9 (20.8) | 51.9 (20.6) | 5.41 | .005 | 2>1 | |
| QLS interpersonal | 16.0 (8.3) | 22.7 (10.0) | 19.4 (9.8) | 5.47 | .005 | 2>1 | |
| QLS intrapsychic | 20.7 (6.2) | 27.2 (8.3) | 23.7 (8.8) | 7.22 | .001 | 2>1 | |
| QLS objects/activities | 7.2 (2.0) | 7.5 (2.1) | 6.2 (2.1) | 4.91 | .009 | 2>3 | |
| Count (%) | Count (%) | Count (%) | |||||
| Marital status | 7.77 | .020 | |||||
| Single | 38 (88.4) | 28 (63.6) | 36 (67.9) | 1>3>2 | |||
| Ever married | 5 (11.6) | 16 (36.4) | 17 (32.1) | 3>2>1 | |||
| n = 139b | # Lifetime hospitalizations | 8.45 | .015 | 1>3>22>3>1 | |||
| Less than 6 | 28 (65.1) | 15 (34.1) | 27 (51.9) | ||||
| 6 or more | 15 (34.9) | 29 (65.9) | 25 (48.1) | ||||
| n = 97b | # Lifetime criminal arrests | 7.35 | .025 | ||||
| 2 or less | 25 (73.5) | 25 (73.5) | 13 (44.8) | 1>3; 2>3 | |||
| More than 2 | 9 (26.5) | 9 (26.5) | 16 (55.2) | 3>1; 3>2 | |||
| n = 111b | Lifetime substance abuse | 6.36 | .041 | ||||
| Yes | 25 (65.8) | 28 (80.0) | 34 (89.5) | 3>2>1 | |||
| No | 13 (34.2) | 7 (20.0) | 4 (10.5) | 1>2>3 | |||
Note: HN (1) = High Negative; HSC (2) = Higher Social Cognition; LSC (3) = Low Social Cognition; GAF, Global Assessment of Functioning Scale; QLS, Quality of Life Scale.
a
Mean differences are significant at the 0.05 level.
b
Absence of clinical, criminal or substance abuse data of some of the participants.