Theory of mind, emotion recognition, delusions and the quality of the therapeutic relationship in patients with psychosis – a secondary analysis of a randomized-controlled therapy trial

Table 3 Results of Spearman correlation analyses between Theory of Mind, emotion recognition and the quality of the therapeutic relationship in the patient sample

	PSQ therapy alliance viewed by the patient (n = 174)	TSQ therapy alliance viewed by the therapist (n = 174)	TSQ interactional difficulties viewed by the therapist (n = 174)
PSQ therapy alliance	–	.240**	−.222**
TSQ therapist alliance	.240**	–	−.701**
TSQ interactional difficulties	−.222**	−.701**	–
ToM	−.014	.112	−.077
ER total score	−.039	.347**	−.278**
ER fear	−.128	.186*	−.154*
ER anger	.009	.170*	−.078
ER sadness	.079	.340**	−.268
ER disgust	.018	.262**	−.237**
PANSS P1 delusions in general	−.042	.040	.113
PANSS P6 delusions of persecution	−.002	.100	.162
PSYRATS delusional frequency	−.039	−.136*	.254**
PSYRATS delusional distress	−.053	.003	.139*

Notes: ER Emotion recognition, PANSS Positive and Negative Syndrom Scale, PSYRATS Psychotic Symptom Rating scale; PSQ therapy alliance Patient Session Questionnaire, TSQ therapy alliance Therapist session questionnaire; *: p < .05; **: p < .01

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