Table 5.
Correlation matrix of EE and positive-like symptoms with age, educational achievement, and psychological burden.
| Positive-like symptoms | rs [CI 95%], p | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Educational achievement | General psychological burden (GSI) | |
| PAGE-R | |||
| Odd beliefs | 0.07 [−0.07, 0.21], 0.319 | −0.27 [−0.39, −0.14], 0.000 | 0.41 [0.29, 0.52], 0.000 |
| Dissociative anomalous perceptions | 0.02 [−0.12, 0.16], 0.758 | −0.07 [−0.20, 0.07], 0.321 | 0.42 [0.30, 0.52], 0.000 |
| Hallucinatory anomalous perceptions | 0.02 [−0.12, 0.15], 0.825 | −0.30 [−0.42, −0.17], 0.000 | 0.46 [0.34, 0.56], 0.000 |
| SPQ | |||
| Paranormal beliefs | 0.31 [0.18, 0.42], 0.000 | −0.19 [−0.31, −0.05], 0.008 | 0.28 [0.15, 0.40], 0.000 |
| Unusual perceptual experiences | 0.01 [−0.13, 0.14], 0.938 | −0.19 [−0.32, −0.05], 0.007 | 0.45 [0.33, 0.55], 0.000 |
| Ideas of reference | −0.10 [−0.23, 0.04], 0.157 | 0.02 [−0.12, 0.16], 0.779 | 0.46 [0.35, 0.57], 0.000 |
| Suspiciousness | −0.01 [−0.15, 0.13], 0.903 | −0.16 [−0.29, −0.02], 0.024 | 0.42 [0.30, 0.53], 0.000 |
| SCL-90-R | |||
| Schizotypal signs | −0.14 [−0.27, 0.00], 0.048 | −0.11 [−0.24, 0.03], 0.118 | 0.73 [0.66, 0.79], 0.000 |
| Schizophrenia nuclear symptoms | −0.07 [−0.20, 0.07], 0.355 | −0.07 [−0.21, 0.06], 0.297 | 0.42 [0.30, 0.53], 0.000 |
rs, Spearman's rho; CI, confidence interval; p, probability. The FDR corrected (Benjamini and Hochberg, 1995) alpha levels were 0.052 (0.10, trend), 0.028 (0.05, significant), and 0.004 (0.01, highly significant). PAGE-R, Revised Exceptional Experiences Questionnaire; SPQ, Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire; SCL-90-R, Revised Symptom Checklist 90. Significant correlations are in boldface, statistical trends in italics.