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Table 2 Descriptive statistics, item-total correlations, ICC’s

From: The brief negative symptom scale: validation of the German translation and convergent validity with self-rated anhedonia and observer-rated apathy

 

M

SD

Skew

Kurtosis

Item-total score r

ICCb

Anhedonia

 1. Intensity of pleasure during activities

2.3

1.6

0.1

-0.9

0.80**

 

 2. Frequency of pleasurable activities

2.5

1.6

0.0

-0.8

0.78**

 

 3. Intensity of future pleasure

2.1

1.5

0.4

-0.3

0.69**

0.88

 Subscale total

7.1

4.4

0.1

-0.6

  

Distress subscale

 4. Lack of normal distress

1.0

1.4

1.3a

0.7

0.51**

0.93

Asociality subscale

 5. Asociality behavior

2.6

1.4

0.1

-0.3

0.70**

 

 6. Asociality inner-experience

2.0

1.4

0.6

-0.3

0.71**

 

 Subscale total

4.6

2.6

0.4

-0.3

 

0.95

Avolition subscale

 7. Avolition behavior

2.5

1.3

0.0

-0.6

0.74**

 

 8. Avolition inner-experience

2.1

1.5

0.2

-0.7

0.79**

 

 Subscale total

4.7

2.7

0.2

-0.5

 

0.87

Blunted affect subscale

 9. Facial expression

2.2

1.6

0.6

-0.4

0.85**

 

 10. Vocal expression

2.0

1.7

0.6

-0.5

0.81**

 

 11. Expressive gestures

2.1

1.7

0.4

-1.0

0.78**

 

 Subscale total

6.3

4.7

0.6

-0.5

 

0.95

Alogia subscale

 12. Quantity of speech

1.3

1.5

1.1a

0.9

0.72**

 

 13. Spontaneous elaboration

1.5

1.7

0.9

0.0

0.75**

 

 Subscale total

2.7

3.1

1.0

0.1

 

0.97

 BNSS total score

26.3

14.7

0.7

0.1

 

0.97

  1. aSkew towards nonpathological ratings
  2. bn = 28, Two-way mixed model, absolute agreement definition, average measures
  3. **p < 0.01