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

Table 2 The association between the subscales of Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST: Perseverative errors, the number of categories achieved) and Tower of London (number of correct moves), subtypes of possession and socio-demographics (gender age and education and risk factors-history of trauma)

Variables		n	WCST (Perseverative errors)				WCST (the number of categories achieved)				Tower of London (number of correct move)
			Unadjusted		Adjusted		Unadjusted		Adjusted		Unadjusted		Adjusted
			Mean (sd)	p-Value	β	p-Value	Mean (sd)	p-Value	β	p-Value	Mean (sd)	p-Value	β	p-Value
Gender	Male	37	7.43 (6.56)	0.022	0.981	0.807	3.08 (0.92)	0.024	1.023	0.877	9.65 (1.95)	0.081	1.039	0.633
Gender	Female	47	11.38 (8.92)	0.022	0.981	0.807	2.60 (0.99)	0.024	1.023	0.877	8.85 (2.14)	0.081	1.039	0.633
Age	≤ 30 years	44	12.45 (9.06)	0.001	1.190	0.068	3.08 (0.80)	0.016	0.912	0.544	8.68 (2.37)	0.014	1.016	0.853
Age	≥ 30 years	40	6.55 (5.72)	0.001	1.190	0.068	2.57 (1.09)	0.016	0.912	0.544	9.78 (1.54)	0.014	1.016	0.853
Subtype	Intermittent dissociative phenomenon	29	18.38 (5.72)	<0.001	2.966	<0.001	1.90 (0.72)	<0.001	0.569	0.004	7.97 (2.46)	0.001	0.802	0.037
Subtype	Transitory dissociative phenomenon	55	5.04 (4.79)	<0.001	2.966	<0.001	3.29 (0.74)	<0.001	0.569	0.004	9.85 (1.51)	0.001	0.802	0.037
Education	University	29	4.76 (4.44)	<0.001	0.939	0.615	3.38 (0.73)	<0.001	1.048	0.772	9.69 (1.37)	0.070	0.960	0.662
Education	Less than University	55	12.22 (8.53)	<0.001	0.939	0.615	2.51 (0.98)	<0.001	1.048	0.772	8.95 (2.35)	0.070	0.960	0.662
History of traumatic experience	Yes	29	6.28 (5.95)	0.002	0.813	0.020	3.14 (0.88)	0.026	1.026	0.863	9.28 (1.60)	0.795	0.972	0.736
History of traumatic experience	No	55	11.42 (8.65)	0.002	0.813	0.020	2.64 (1.01)	0.026	1.026	0.863	9.16 (2.31)	0.795	0.972	0.736

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