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Table 2 The results of mentalization assessed by the Moving Shapes Paradigm during depression (A), mania (B) and in healthy control subjects (C)

From: Mentalization deficit in bipolar patients during an acute depressive and manic episode: association with cognitive functions

Moving Shapes Paradigm

Group

Analysis of variance

Post hoc test

Depression

Mania

Controls

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

F(2.72)

p

Eta2

A − B

A − C

B − C

Mentalization animations

2.00

1.12

2.24

1.16

3.16

0.75

8.89

< 0.001

0.20

0.688

< 0.001

0.006

Cause-and-effect animations

3.00

1.12

2.48

1.05

3.48

0.71

6.58

0.002

0.15

0.150

0.197

0.002

Random animations

2.08

1.29

1.12

1.01

3.16

0.99

21.34

< 0.001

0.37

0.008

0.003

< 0.001

Affective mentalization

2.96

1.57

2.88

1.45

4.24

1.59

6.16

0.003

0.15

0.982

0.012

0.007

Appropriateness total

11.24

4.08

9.64

2.84

17.00

3.77

28.75

< 0.001

0.44

0.266

< 0.001

< 0.001

Appropriateness mentalization

3.04

1.81

3.28

1.43

5.68

1.49

21.14

< 0.001

0.37

0.855

< 0.001

< 0.001

Appropriateness cause-and-effect

4.76

2.20

4.20

1.38

5.48

1.50

3.42

0.038

0.09

0.492

0.313

0.029

Appropriateness random

3.52

2.10

2.16

1.75

6.20

2.06

27.01

< 0.001

0.43

0.046

< 0.001

< 0.001

Intentionality total

26.80

6.27

32.84

5.24

28.28

3.62

9.30

< 0.001

0.21

< 0.001

0.571

0.007

Intentionality mentalization

12.72

3.16

13.96

2.61

16.28

2.05

11.69

< 0.001

0.25

0.228

< 0.001

0.008

Intentionality cause-and-effect

9.76

2.40

11.72

2.32

9.64

1.87

6.99

0.002

0.16

0.007

0.980

0.004

Intentionality random

4.72

3.59

7.56

3.68

2.36

2.66

15.20

< 0.001

0.30

0.010

0.039

< 0.001