TABLE 2.

Characteristics of illness, validation tasks, and control variables in patient sample.

	M	SD
PANSS negative	16.46	6.68
PANSS positive	14.76	6.0
PANSS disorganization	17.79	5.47
PANSS excitement	13.76	3.41
PANSS emotional distress	18.54	5.95
MZQ 1	8.99	4.11
MZQ 2	13.88	3.89
MZQ 3	10.78	3.8
MZQ 4	10.58	2.73
MZQ total score	37.2	11.58
MAS-A-G SR	6.46	1.73
MAS-A-G OR	4.21	1.23
MAS-A-G D	1.82	0.82
MAS-A-G M	5.54	1.65
OPD-2 Self-perception	2.53	0.62
OPD-2 Object Perception	2.98	0.6
OPD-2 Internal communication	2.71	0.59
OPD-2 Communication with the external world	2.60	0.59
Verbal Intelligence (WST)	105.74	11.86
AVLT(1–5)	9.07	2.48

M, mean; SD, standard deviation; PANSS, Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale; WST, the premorbid intelligence level; MZQ: MZQ 1, refusing self-reflection; MZQ 2, emotional awareness; MZQ 3, psychic equivalence mode; MZQ 4, regulation of affect; MZQ total; MAS-A-G, German version of the Metacognitive Assessment Scale- SR, self-referential; OR, object-referential; D, decentration; M, mastery; OPD-2: LSIA-OPD subscales for: self-perception, object perception, internal communication, and communication to the external world; AVLT^(1–5) = auditory verbal learning test: mean score of the first five presentations.