Anger and aggression in borderline personality disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder – does stress matter?

Table 3 Means and standard deviation of STAXI, BPAQ and BGLHA scores and results of the univariate ANOVAs (F-ratio, p-value and effect size) in healthy controls (HC), patients with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and patients with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

	HC (n = 30) M ± S.D.	BPD (n = 29) M ± S.D.	ADHD (n = 28) M ± S.D.	F	p	η _p ²
Trait measures
STAXI
Total ^b,c	16.23 ± 3.53	29.52 ± 7.26	25.75 ± 6.96	37.00	≤.001	.47
Temperament ^b,c	7.43 ± 1.85	13.93 ± 4.51	12.43 ± 3.86	26.80	≤.001	.39
Reaction ^b,c,d	8.80 ± 2.31	15.59 ± 3.38	13.32 ± 3.77	34.55	≤.001	.45
Anger in ^b,c,d	12.53 ± 3.37	23.72 ± 5.01	18.25 ± 5.36	42.95	≤.001	.51
Anger out ^b,c	11.30 ± 2.60	18.69 ± 6.22	18.79 ± 4.63	24.59	≤.001	.37
Anger control ^b,c	23.90 ± 4.40	19.86 ± 5.19	17.32 ± 3.36	16.62	≤.001	.28
BPAQ
Total ^b,c,d	44.97 ± 8.74	74.48 ± 14.98	64.93 ± 14.95	38.77	≤.001	.48
Anger ^b,c	12.30 ± 3.57	19.17 ± 4.37	19.71 ± 4.71	28.12	≤.001	.40
Physical ^b,c	11.03 ± 2.48	18.55 ± 7.45	15.57 ± 6.25	12.76	≤.001	.23
Verbal ^b,c	9.57 ± 2.00	12.31 ± 4.23	12.00 ± 3.62	5.78	.004	.12
Hostility ^b,c,d	12.07 ± 3.86	24.45 ± 5.12	17.64 ± 5.43	48.51	≤.001	.54
BGLHA^a
Total ^b,c	1.23 ± 1.94	10.48 ± 7.23	7.85 ± 4.66	26.01	≤.001	.39

Note: STAXI State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory, BPAQ Buss Perry Aggression Questionnaire, BGLHA Brown-Goodwin Lifetime History of Aggression
^aBGLHA: smaller sample size due to missing values: BPD (n = 27) and ADHD (n = 27)
^bHC vs. BPD significant differences
^cHC vs. ADHD significant differences
^dBPD vs. ADHD significant differences

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