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. 2019 Jul 11;97(1):156–167. doi: 10.1111/cge.13586

Table 5.

Included studies social cognition domain and calculated effect sizes

Authors N Age Comparison Subdomain(s) Instrument(s) + Type(s) Results Effect sizes
Ross et al, 2015 18 XYY 4‐14 years Control group Social cognition SRS (P) XYY > controls† d = .68**
Cordeiro et al, 2012

102 XXY

40 XYY

4‐18 years Normed scores Social cognition SRS (P) XYY > XXY > controls†

d xxy = .93***

d xyy = 1.80***

Van Rijn et al, 2014a 60 XXX/XXY 9‐18 years Control group Social cognition SRS (P) XXX/XXY > controls d = 1.61***
Van Rijn et al, 2018 70 XXY 8‐60 years Normed scores Pattern recognition—reaction time % impaired ANT (C) 17% N/A
Pattern recognition—accuracy % impaired 9% N/A
Face processing—reaction time % impaired 26% N/A
Face processing—accuracy % impaired 13% N/A
Facial emotion recognition—reaction time % impaired 33% η2 = .40***
Facial emotion recognition—accuracy % impaired 13%

η2 = .16**

Samango‐Sprouse et al, 2018

44 XXY (NL)

54 XXY (United States)

8‐18 years Normed scores Face processing—% impaired ANT (C) 23%‐25% N/A
Facial emotion recognition—% impaired 16%‐44% N/A
Van Rijn et al, 2014b 46 XXX/XXY 9‐18 years Control group Theory of Mind—egocentric role taking SCST (C) XXX/XXY < controls d = .85***
Theory of Mind—subjective role taking XXX/XXY < controls d = 1.03***
Theory of Mind—self‐reflective role taking XXX/XXY < controls d = .69**
Theory of Mind—mutual role taking XXX/XXY < controls d = .83***
Facial affect identification—angry faces KDEF (P) XXX/XXY < controls d = 3.30***

Note: *** High clinical significance; ** Moderate clinical significance; * Low clinical significance; N/A, not applicable; n.s., not significant; † higher scores denote more problems.

Abbreviations: ANT, Amsterdam Neuropsychological Tests; C, Performance Task Child; KDEF, Karolinska Directed Emotional Faces; P, Parent Report; SCST, Social Cognitive Skills Tests; SRS, Social Responsiveness Scale.