Table 3.
Ratings of comprehensibility and funniness for the punchline types.
| Ratings/type of punchline | Healthy controls (n = 20) |
Schizophrenia outpatients (n = 20) |
Between-group difference (Mann-Whitney test) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | ± SD | Mean | ± SD | Z adjusted | p-value | |
| Comprehensibilitya | ||||||
| FUN | 19.35 | 1.60 | 17.80 | 2.69 | − 2.29 | 0.022 |
| NEU | 18.55 | 3.97 | 19.05 | 1.57 | 0.03 | 0.976 |
| ABS | 19.40 | 0.99 | 17.95 | 3.95 | − 1.32 | 0.188 |
| Funninessb | ||||||
| FUN | 6.86 | 1.15 | 6.16 | 1.28 | − 1.89 | 0.058 |
| NEU | 2.49 | 1.62 | 3.13 | 2.11 | 1.20 | 0.228 |
| ABS | 1.66 | 0.73 | 2.73 | 1.98 | 1.92 | 0.055 |
Scores of ratings were presented as mean ± standard deviation (SD) for all types of punchlines. The significance level in all statistical analyses equaled alpha = 0.05.
a
Sum of responses indicating the story was rated as comprehensible in case of NEU and FUN punchlines, or non-comprehensible in case of ABS punchlines, with max score = 20 (min = 0).
b
Mean of responses on a 1–9 Likert type scale (max score: 9 - very funny).