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Table 1 Demographic and clinical variables for participants with psychotic disorders and motivational negative symptoms and healthy controls

From: The effect of salience of rewards on effort-based decision making in psychotic disorders

Ā 

Psychosis

(nā€‰=ā€‰30)

Healthy

(nā€‰=ā€‰30)

t / X2

p

Age inĀ yearsĀ (SD)

38.60 (9.27)

39.63 (14.02)

0.337

.738

Gender (male/female)

21/9

18/12

0.803

.425

Level of education

0/13/17

0/11/19

0.278

.598

Employment status

5/10/15

16/10/4

12.130

.002**

Individual net income in ā‚¬

1082

1871

3.465

.001**

Years of psychotic disorderĀ (SD)

12.69 (8.16)

ā€“

ā€“

ā€“

Antipsychotic medication (yes/no)

20 / 10

ā€“

ā€“

ā€“

BNSS totalĀ (SD)

22.97 (14.00)

ā€“

ā€“

ā€“

BNSS motivationĀ (SD)

14.40 (8.60)

ā€“

ā€“

ā€“

MAP-SRĀ total (SD)

24.70 (9.99)

16.83 (5.37)

3.798

<.001***

MAP-SR motivationĀ (SD)

10.87 (5.37)

7.97 (3.25)

2.531

.015*

AES-SĀ total (SD)

17.83 (8.18)

10.93 (6.28)

3.666

.001**

ADSĀ total (SD)

20.90 (9.17)

9.70 (5.52)

5.732

<.001***

  1. Level of education no degree/secondary education/higher education, Employment status full time/part time/unemployed, BNSS Brief Negative Symptom Scale, MAP-SR Motivation and Pleasure Scale, self-report, AES Apathy Evaluation Scale, self-report, ADS Allgemeine Depressionsskala [General Depression Scale]
  2. *pā€‰ā‰¤ā€‰.05 **pā€‰ā‰¤ā€‰.01 ***pā€‰ā‰¤ā€‰.001