Atypical brain structural connectivity and social cognition in childhood maltreatment and peer victimisation

BMC Psychiatry

Table 2 Group performance on the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Task (RMET)

RMETMeasure	Childhood Maltreatment group (N = 34)		Peer Victimisation group (N = 35)		Comparison group (N = 38)		Group Comparisons^a,b
	Childhood Maltreatment group (N = 34)		Peer Victimisation group (N = 35)		Comparison group (N = 38)		CM vs C			PV vs C			CM vs PV
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	F(1,67)	p		F(1,68)	p		F(1,64)	p
Emotional-state Condition
% correct	74.2	8.11	70.9	8.62	69.5	8.50	1.33	ns	–	1.09	ns	–	5.37	0.024	CM > PV
Mean RT^c (ms)	3723	490	3723	694	3829	506	0.10	ns	–	1.30	ns	–	0.008	ns	–
Age/Gender Condition
% correct	80.5	8.12	82.6	7.24	85.9	7.19	2.82	ns	–	1.17	ns	–	0.008	ns	–
Mean RT (ms)	2789	526	2762	482	2801	484	0.001	ns	–	0.63	ns	–	0.03	ns	–

^aCM childhood maltreatment group, PV peer victimisation group, C comparison group
^bGroup differences in RMET measures were conducted with number of recent stressful life events, age onset and duration of early-life stress exposure as covariates
^cRT reaction time

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