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. 2021 May 26;7:30. doi: 10.1038/s41537-021-00160-5

Table 2.

Psychometric characteristics of social cognition measures.

Dimension Instrument N Mean SD Floor (%) Ceil (%) Outliers Symmetry coefficient
Facial emotion recognition TREF 114 35.8 5.8 0 0 0 −0.55
Theory of mind SPEX- BA V1 51 1.3 1.3 25.5 11.8 0 −0.58
SPEX- BA V2 51 1.1 1.2 31.4 11.8 0 0.19
SPEX-GA V1 51 1.4 1.3 21.6 19.6 1 (lower) −0.59
SPEX-GA V2 51 1.3 1.1 25.5 11.8 0 0.08
V-SIR 140 17.4 5.9 0 0 2 (higher*) 0.82
V-Comics V1 72 11.6 2.2 2.8 19.4 7 (lower) −0.95
V-Comics V2 71 12.52 1.73 2.8 42.3 7 (lower) −0.97
Self-reported empathy QCAE affective 137 2.29 0.39 0 0 0 −0.27
QCAE cognitive 137 2.29 0.46 0.7 0 1 −0.20

TREF test de reconnaissance des émotions faciales—facial emotions recognition task, SPEX-BA & GA social cognition, perception, eXecutive functions—belief and goal attribution sensitivities, V-SIR versailles-situational intention reading, V-Comics versailles intention attribution task, QCAE questionnaire of cognitive and affective empathy, N number of data points, SD standard deviation.

*For V-SIR, higher scores reveal lower performance.