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Table 1 Spearman’s correlations (rho) between WAI-S scores and patient symptoms, cognition, insight, and demographic characteristics

From: Therapeutic alliance in early schizophrenia spectrum disorders: a cross-sectional study

 

WAI-S patient Spearman’s rho

WAI-S therapist Spearman’s rho

Total

Tasks

Goals

Bond

Total

Tasks

Goals

Bond

PANSS

        

Positive

−.279

−.262

−.358*

−.128

−.137

−.064

−.129

−.162

Disorganized

−.263

−.290

−.193

−.177

−.143

−.107

−.186

−.053

Negative

−.141

−.290

−.193

−.177

−.338*

−.350*

−.188

−.203

Depressive/anxious

−.059

−.124

−.126

−.013

.041

.096

.126

−.119

Excitative

−.337*

−.496**

−.147

−.306*

−.225

−.127

.016

−.398**

Insight

        

PANSS item G12

−.089

−.040

.016

−.159

−.394**

−.349*

−.417**

−.259

Age

.244

.323*

.104

.242

−.020

−.091

−.130

.175

Education

        

Total years

.414**

.394*

.323*

.303

.021

−.025

−.101

.174

Neurocognition

        

WAIS-III

        

Vocabulary

.010

.014

.190

−.102

−.107

−.119

−.082

−.139

Similarities

−.046

−.135

.194

−.089

−.159

−.167

−.029

−.279

Block design

.017

.000

.210

−.033

−.052

−.108

−.105

.021

Matrixes

.069

−.030

.175

.040

−.143

−.157

−.052

−.211

CVLT-II

        

Long delay free recall

.020

−.002

.070

−.035

−.024

−.069

.017

−.032

WCST

        

Perseverative responses

.013

−.088

.015

.109

.191

.078

.248

.111

Perseverative errors

−.087

−.194

−.083

.024

.155

.077

.225

.054

CPT-II

        

Omissions

.035

.075

−.182

.138

−.139

−.102

−.078

−.056

Commissions

−.217

−.160

−.295

−.103

−.017

−.075

.011

.007

  1. Significant correlations in italic numbers. WAI-S, Working Alliance Inventory - Short Form; PANSS, Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (positive = P1, P3, P5, P6, G9, G12; disorganized = P2, N5, N7, G5, G10, G11, G15; negative = N1, N2, N3, N4, N6, G7, G16; depressive/anxious = G1, G2, G3, G4, G6; Excitative = P4, P7, G8, G14); WAIS-III, Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale; CVLT-II, California Verbal Learning Test II; WCST, Wisconsin Card Sorting Test; CPT-II, Conners’ Continuous Performance Test II. *p < .05; **p < .01.