Fig. 1.

Differences in negative symptom severity among those receiving and not receiving social security administration (SSA) benefits. (A–C) Longitudinal analyses of the control group from Luther et al.⁷ showing that after controlling for baseline levels, schizophrenia participants receiving SSA benefits at baseline (n = 6) had greater motivation and pleasure (MAP) dimension negative symptoms on the Clinical Assessment Interview for Negative Symptoms (CAINS)²⁷ 8 weeks later (F(1, 25) = 4.45, p = .04, d = .55) (A), higher 8-week motivation reductions on the motivation item on the Heinrich’s Quality of Life Scale (QLS)²⁸ (F(1, 25) = 6.14, p = .02, d = ‐.65) (B), and trending lower self-reported 8-week motivation and pleasure on the Motivation and Pleasure Scale: Self-Report (MAP-SR)²⁹ (higher = less negative symptoms) (F(1, 25) = 4.23, p = .05, d = ‐.54) (C) than those not receiving SSA benefits at baseline (n = 22). (D) Cross-sectional comparison of schizophrenia participants from Strauss et al.⁹ showing that SSA recipients (n = 12) have greater negative symptoms (measured using the Negative Symptom Inventory-Self-Report (NSI-SR)³⁰) than non-SSA recipients (n = 14); t(24)= ‐2.47, p = .02, d = .97). * p < .05.