Differential executive functioning in the topology of Spirit possession or dissociative disorders: an explorative cultural study

Table 1 The association between Verbal Fluency and Trail Making Test, subtypes of possession and socio-demographics (gender age and education and risk factors history of trauma)

Variables	n	Verbal Fluency				Trail Making Test
		Unadjusted		Adjusted		Unadjusted		Adjusted
		Mean (sd)	p-Value	β	p-Value	Mean (sd)	p-Value	β	p-Value
Gender
Male	37	14.86 (2.98)	0.112	0.332	0.471	101.89 (2.46)	0.002	−24.03	0.050
Female	47	13.72 (3.42)	0.112	0.332	0.471	140.26 (78.72)	0.002	−24.03	0.050
Age
≤ 30 years	44	13.80 (3.83)	0.198	−0.898	0.246	145.73 (79.53)	<0.001	−14.60	0.270
≥ 30 years	40	14.70 (2.47)	0.198	−0.898	0.246	98.75 (17.82)	<0.001	−14.60	0.270
Subtype
Intermittent dissociative phenomenon	29	12.10 (3.03)	<0.001	−3.725	<0.001	175.76 (83.77)	<0.001	63.88	<0.001
Transitory dissociative phenomenon	55	15.35 (2.82)	<0.001	−3.725	<0.001	95.73 (15.20)	<0.001	63.88	<0.001
Education
University	29	15.48 (2.98)	0.010	−0.008	0.993	94.69 (13.25)	<0.001	12.01	0.407
Less than University	55	13.56 (3.24)	0.010	−0.008	0.993	138.47 (73.19)	<0.001	12.01	0.407
History of traumatic experience
Yes	29	15.41 (3.58)	0.015	0.939	0.203	98.31 (18.41)	0.001	−260.01	0.041
No	55	13.60 (2.93)	0.015	0.939	0.203	136.56 (73.70)	0.001	−260.01	0.041