Do People with Schizophrenia Lack Emotional Intelligence?

Table 2

MSCEIT, BACS, and SFS scores for schizophrenia and control groups.

	Schizophrenia mean (SD)	Control mean (SD)	𝑡	95% CI	Cohen’s 𝑑	𝑃
MSCEIT scores
Branch 1—Perceiving emotions	98.98 (15.57)	110.98 (14.16)	−2.55	−21.53, −2.48	0.81	0.02*
Branch 2—Using emotions	96.14 (14.53)	107.50 (15.79)	−2.37	−21.07, −1.64	0.75	0.02*
Branch 3—Understanding emotions	81.80 (11.63)	105.70 (12.59)	−6.23	−31.66, −16.14	1.97	<0.001***
Branch 4—Managing emotions	90.75 (12.41)	101.06 (14.74)	−2.39	−19.03, −1.59	0.76	0.02*
MSCEIT global score	86.15 (11.81)	109.45 (14.46)	−5.58	−31.76, −14.85	1.77	<0.001***
BACS Scores
Verbal memory	−2.16 (1.39)	−0.20 (1.02)	−5.09	−2.75, −1.18	1.92	<0.001***
Digit sequencing	−0.41 (0.77)	0.54 (0.51)	−4.63	−1.37, −0.54	1.86	<0.001***
Token motor task	−1.21 (1.31)	−0.03 (0.68)	−3.58	−1.86, −0.51	1.74	0.001*
Verbal fluency	−0.55 (0.97)	0.62 (0.69)	−4.41	−1.71, −0.63	1.70	<0.001***
Symbol coding	−0.88 (0.45)	0.45 (0.59)	−7.97	−1.66, −0.99	2.25	<0.001***
Tower of london	−0.49 (1.04)	0.61 (0.74)	−3.82	−1.68, −0.51	1.49	0.001*
BACS total 𝑍 score	−1.32 (0.93)	0.52 (0.66)	−5.09	−2.36, −1.32	2.28	<0.001***
SFS scores
Withdrawal/social engagement	106.18 (11.60)	111.58 (12.41)	−1.42	−13.09, 2.29	0.44	0.163
Interpersonal communication	123.95 (19.56)	137.40 (12.40)	−2.60	−24.00, −2.90	1.08	0.014*
Independence performance	107.53 (7.70)	119.80 (7.53)	−5.10	−17.15, −7.40	1.63	<0.001***
Independence competence	111.85 (7.44)	121.13 (4.02)	−4.90	−13.14, −5.40	2.31	<0.001***
Recreation	100.39 (26.63)	124.00 (11.66)	−3.63	−36.77, −10.45	2.02	0.001**
Prosocial	101.13 (15.38)	114.28 (27.23)	−1.88	−27.31, 1.01	0.48	0.068
Employment/occupation	106.43 (15.34)	119.85 (3.79)	−3.80	−20.76, −6.09	3.54	0.001**
SFS total score	108.21 (8.03)	121.80 (6.57)	−5.86	−18.28, −8.89	1.85	<0.001***

*Indicates 𝑃<0.05, **indicates 𝑃<0.01, ***indicates 𝑃<0.001.