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.