The ability of executive functions to predict deterioration in social abstraction in adolescents with idiopathic generalized epilepsy

Middle East Current Psychiatry

Table 7 Pearson linear correlation coefficient between each executive function and ability to abstract social concepts in epileptic adolescents

Executive function	Ability to abstract social concepts (verbal)	Ability to abstract social concepts (performance)
Planning	0.327^a	0.286^a
Cognitive flexibility	− 0.115	0.059
Inhibition	0.277^a	0.064
Verbal fluency	0.302^a	0.317^a

Correlation coefficient (0 = no correlation, −1 or +1 = perfect correlation, between ±0.50 and ±1 = strong correlation, between ±0.30 and ±0.49 = moderate correlation, between zero and 0.29 = weak correlation)
^aSignificant at 0.05