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. 2015 Oct 7;10(10):e0140016. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140016

Table 2. Results for performance measures and questionnaires.

Scale Patients (n = 30) Controls (n = 30) Mann-Whitney-U p Effect Size (Cohen’s d)
Levels of Emotional Awareness Scale (LEAS)
Total 28.9 [26.4, 31.5] 32.6 [30.2, 35.1] 302.5 .029 0.53
Self 28.9 [26.4, 31.5] 32.0 [29.6, 34.4] 316.5 .048 0.45
Other 23.6 [20.7, 26.6] 28.5 [26.3, 30.7] 283.0 .013 0.69
Word count 172 [134, 209] 176 [139, 213] 433.5 .807
Frith-Happé Animation Task (FHAT)
ToM-intentionality 14.9 [13.9, 15.9] 16.4 [15.5, 17.4] 317.0 .048 0.56
ToM-appropriateness 7.9 [7.4, 8.4] 8.1 [7.5, 8.8] 390.5 .369
GD-intentionality 12.2 [11.4, 12.9] 12.5 [12, 13] 390.5 .364
GD-appropriateness 10.2 [9.7, 10.7] 10.2 [9.6, 10.8] 429.5 .756
Word count 323 [230, 416] 290 [238, 341] 395.5 .703
Toronto-Alexithymia Scale 26-item (TAS-26)
Total 52.2 [48.4, 56] 41.1 [38.4, 43.8] 719.5 <.001 1.21
Difficulty identifying feelings 21.1 [19.1, 23.1] 12.3 [10.7, 13.9] 795.5 <.001 1.76
Difficulty describing feelings 15.6 [14.2, 17] 12.1 [11, 13.2] 676.5 .001 1.03
Externally orientated thinking 15.5 [14.2, 16.8] 16.7 [15.8, 17.6] 382.5 .32
Beck’s Depression Inventory-II
Total 23.5 [20.2, 26.8] 5.3 [4.2, 6.5] 882.5 <.001 2.94

Means ± 95% Confidence Interval.

ToM: Set of video-clips displaying behaviors involving “Theory of Mind”. GD: Set of video-clips displaying goal-directed behaviors, not requiring “Theory of Mind”. Means ± SD.