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J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 70:597-604 doi:10.1136/jnnp.70.5.597
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Affective-prosodic deficits in schizophrenia: profiles of patients with brain damage and comparison with relation to schizophrenic symptoms

Table 4

Rotated factor analysis of schizophrenic symptoms and aprosodia battery results

Factor Variance Σ variance Principal components Loading scores
1 17.9% 17.9% PCA4-150: hallucinations/paranoid delusions 0.971
BPRS: mean 0.888
Gur: suspicion/hostility 0.853
Gur4-150: schneiderian hallucinations/delusions 0.825
SAPS: delusions 0.814
SAPS: hallucinations 0.729
2 14.5% 32.4% PCA: affective blunting/flattening-alogia 0.964
SANS: alogia 0.849
SANS: affective blunting/flattening 0.802
Gur: negative 0.757
SANS: attention 0.578
3 11.8% 44.2% ApB4-150: word comprehension 0.844
ApB: monosyllabic comprehension 0.853
ApB: asyllabic comprehension 0.830
ApB: affective discrimination 0.779
4 10.6% 54.8% PCA: formal thought disorder 0.973
SAPS: formal thought disorder 0.947
Gur: disorganisation 0.727
5 10.2% 65.0% PCA: avolition/apathy-anhedonia/asociality 0.933
SANS: avolition/apathy 0.741
SANS: anhedonia/asociality 0.663
ApB: spontaneous affective prosody −0.564
6 9.8% 74.8% ApB: monosyllabic repetition 0.866
ApB: asyllabic repetition 0.860
ApB: word repetition 0.825
7 7.2% 82.0% PCA: bizarre behaviours-mannerisms 0.931
SAPS: bizarre behaviours 0.722
  • 4-150 PCA=factors found on initial principal component analysis using the items on the BPRS, SANS, and SAPS; Gur=Guret al 64 categories; ApB=aprosodia battery.

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