Table 5:
Partial correlations between depressed patients’ performances in the PVSAT and in the clinical tasks (with processing speed in the symbol coding task held constant)
| Depressed patients | ||
|---|---|---|
| PVSAT 2.8 | PVSAT 1.6 | |
| Symbol coding | ||
| Forward digit span | .239 | .238 |
| Backward digit span | -.031 | .311 |
| Digit ordering Correct responses | .211 | .176 |
| Stroop word color test Time to complete phase | -.464* | -.269* |
| I(sec) | -.015 | -.088 |
| Interference cost index Letter number sequencing task | -.203 | -.259 |
| Alternation cost index Crossed tapping test errors | -.254 | -.078 |
*P<.05