The relationship between facial emotion recognition and executive functions in first-episode patients with schizophrenia and their siblings

Table 3 Comparison of schizophrenia, healthy controls and genetic-risk group on the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST), (\( \overline{x}\pm \mathrm{s} \))

	Schizophrenia (n = 30)	Controls (n = 30)	Genetic risk group (n = 26)	F(2, 83)	p
TC	32.9 ± 11.9^a,b	43.4 ± 10.9	53.6 ± 4.9	33.96	<0.001
TE	31.1 ± 11.9^a,b	20.7 ± 10. 9	10.4 ± 5.0	33.95	<0.001
CR	19.4 ± 13.7^a,b	11.7 ± 7.6	5.5 ± 4.6	19.63	<0.001
PE	16.3 ± 10.4^a,b	10.4 ± 6.3	5.4 ± 4.2	19.57	<0.001
CC	1.4 ± 1.4^a,b	3.1 ± 1.3	4.4 ± 0.9	49.68	<0.001

TC total correct, TE total error, CR number of continuous reaction, PE perseverative error, CC categories completed
^aP < .05 vs. control group
^bP < .05 vs. genetic risk group

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