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Table 4.

Linear multiple regression analyses to examine the moderating role of sex in associations between social cognition and functioning.

		Step 1		Step 2^a			Step 3^b
		R²	AIC	R²	ΔR²	AIC	R²	ΔR²	AIC	Unstandardized coefficients^c
										Female	Male
Social cognitive composite	UPSA	0.343**	−1075	0.345**	0.002	−1074	0.363**	0.018*	−1079	0.05**	0.093**
	MASC	0.071**	−379	0.097**	0.026*	−384	0.098**	0.001	−382
	RFS	0.079**	1058	0.080**	0.001	1057	0.081**	0.001	1059
IRI total	UPSA	0.000	−971	0.013	0.013	−972	0.013	0.000	−970
	MASC	0.023**	−362	0.055**	0.032**	−368	0.055**	0.000	−366
	RFS	0.002	1125	0.026	0.024**	1118	0.026	0.000	1120

AIC Akaike Information Criterion, UPSA the University of California at San Diego Performance-based Assessment, MASC the Maryland Assessment of Social Competence, RFS the Role Functioning Scale, IRI the Interpersonal Reactivity Index.

*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01.

^aStep 2 included sex as a dummy variable.

^bStep 3 included interaction between sex and predictors.

^cFor significant interactions, unstandardized coefficients are presented. The significance of unstandardized coefficients was examined using t-tests.