Table 3 Relationship between mentalization assessed by the Reading the Mind in the Eyes (R-MET), Strange Stories (SS), Faux Pas Recognition (FPR), and Moving Shapes Paradigm (MSP) tests and the results of cognitive function tests: a correlation analysis in a depressive episode
Digit Span Test | TMT A | TMT B | WCST percentage of errors | WCST percentage of perseverative responses | WCST completed categories | WCST percentage of conceptual responses | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mentalization R-MET-total | 0.330 | − 0.452* | − 0.341 | − 0.622** | − 0.469* | 0.575** | 0.533** |
Mentalization FPR-total | 0.214 | − 0.438* | − 0.507** | − 0.685** | − 0.430* | 0.445* | 0.704** |
Cognitive mentalization R-MET | 0.378 | − 0.446* | − 0.277 | − 0.556** | − 0.555** | 0.473* | 0.413* |
Cognitive mentalization SS | 0.302 | − 0.257 | − 0.065 | − 0.532** | − 0.616** | 0.504* | 0.505* |
Cognitive mentalization FPR | 0.025 | − 0.328 | − 0.328 | − 0.553** | − 0.272 | 0.330 | 0.618** |
Cognitive mentalization MSP | 0.164 | − 0.420* | − 0.579** | − 0.561** | − 0.352 | 0.522** | 0.631** |
Affective mentalization R-MET | 0.183 | − 0.329 | − 0.310 | − 0.513** | − 0.241 | 0.519** | 0.508** |
Affective mentalization FPR | − 0.046 | − 0.104 | − 0.291 | − 0.436* | − 0.220 | 0.228 | 0.552** |
Affective mentalization MSP | 0.216 | − 0.165 | − 0.305 | − 0.342 | − 0.301 | 0.372 | 0.282 |