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Table 2 Results of the ANCOVAs concerning selectivity of mentalising deficits in patients compared with controls (upper row: False belief task, lower row: mentalising II task)

From: Linking social cognition with social interaction: Non-verbal expressivity, social competence and "mentalising" in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders

Covariate

df

Mean square

F

Statistics

no covariate

1

513.521

23.794

p < .001

 

1

1423.541

25.793

p < .001

MWT IQ

1

389.528

18.647

p < .001

 

1

1060.207

20.099

p < .001

Picture completion

1

193.606

10.599

p = .002

 

1

467.812

10.899

p = .001

WCST pers.

1

219.384

12.430

p = .001

 

1

550.198

12.262

p = .001

Zoo Map

1

129.732

6.565

p = .012

 

1

382.938

7.671

p = .007

Mechanical

1

208.275

11.615

p = .001

  

697.903

14.168

p < .001

Social script

1

358.326

17.886

p < .001

 

1

947.784

19.246

p < .001

Capture

1

265.561

15.493

p < .001

 

1

928.654

18.313

p < .001

  1. MWT: Mehrfachwahl-Wortschatz-Test (verbal or premorbid IQ); WCST pers.: number of perseverative errors in the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test.