Table 3 Personality dimensions measured with SSP in the three-cluster solution of borderline personality disorder
From: Cluster analysis of personality traits in psychiatric patients with borderline personality disorder
|  | Lower psychopathology cluster, mean (SD) | Externalizing cluster, mean (SD) | Internalizing cluster, mean (SD) | Effect sizepartial η2 | F | Post-hoc |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Somatic trait anxiety | 65.7 (8.9) | 69.7 (7.5) | 71.3 (9.0) | 0.08 | 6.18 | A < C** |
Psychic trait anxiety | 65.0 (8.4) | 66.7 (8.7) | 72.7 (5.9) | 0.17 | 14.09 | B < C**, A < C*** |
Stress susceptibility | 71.0 (10.7) | 70.0 (14.7) | 79.6 (6.4) | 0.14 | 11.23 | B < C***, A < C*** |
Lack of assertiveness | 56.9 (12.1) | 49.9(8.0) | 64.3 (10.4) | 0.19 | 15.74 | B < A**, A < C***, B < C* |
Impulsiveness | 59.5 (10.6) | 66.5 (10.1) | 56.2 (11.7) | 0.10 | 7.86 | A < B*, C < B*** |
Adventure seeking | 49.7 (11.1) | 56.9 (11.4) | 42.9 (10.4) | 0.17 | 14.57 | A < B**, C < B***, C < A** |
Detachment | 50.3 (9.4) | 56.2 (9.1) | 62.4 (10.5) | 0.24 | 21.58 | A < B*, B < C*, A < C*** |
Social desirability | 45.4 (11.4) | 35.7 (9.3) | 36.7 (11.7) | 0.15 | 11.91 | B < A***, C < A*** |
Embitterment | 70.6 (9.5) | 78.4 (7.0) | 80.2 (9.0) | 0.21 | 18.20 | A < B***, A < C*** |
Trait irritability | 61.9 (9.6) | 73.5 (7.7) | 70.0 (8.6) | 0.23 | 20.90 | A < B***, A < C*** |
Mistrust | 64.3 (12.2) | 80.1 (5.4) | 78.1 (9.7) | 0.34 | 34.96 | A < B***, A < C*** |
Verbal trait aggression | 54.4 (11.3) | 76.2 (5.9) | 60.9 (8.0) | 0.43 | 52.52 | A < B***, C < B***, A < C** |
Physical trait aggression | 51 (12.7) | 73.6 (9.3) | 59.4 (11.8) | 0.35 | 36.65 | A < B***, C < B***, A < C** |