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Table 2 Differences on personality dimensions for the three-cluster solution

From: Subtypes of borderline personality disorder patients: a cluster-analytic approach

PD dimension

Core BPD

Extravert/externalizing

Schizotypal/Paranoid

F

Games-Howell Post-hoc comparison and d

 

M

SD

M

SD

M

SD

  

Borderline

.06

1.01

−.32

.94

−.01

1.01

1.618

 

Histrionic

−.19

.50

1.22

1.98

−.38

.14

31.715***

2 > 1,3 (d = 1.41; 1.60); 1 > 3 (d = .19)

Narcissistic

−.30

.41

1.69

1.58

−.18

.63

87.427***

2 > 1,3 (d = 1.99; 1.87)

Antisocial

−.23

.44

1.24

1.87

.01

1.12

32.993***

2 > 1,3 (d = 1.47; 1.23)

Dependent

.06

1.04

−.33

.79

−.02

.88

1.837

 

Avoidant

.08

1.02

−.51

.61

.15

1.13

4.283*

2 < 1 (d = .59)

Obsessive-compulsive

.04

1.02

−.07

.90

−.25

1.00

.637

 

Paranoid

−.10

.95

−.18

.59

1.24

1.27

14.413***

3 > 1,2 (d = 1.34; 1.42)

Schizotypal

−.28

.26

−.22

.43

3.13

.90

573.271***

3 > 1,2 (d = 3.41; 3.35)

Schizoid

−.07

.60

.57

2.13

−.34

.61

5.882**

ns

  1. The last column summarizes the significant post-hoc comparisons with corresponding effect sizes (Cohen’s d) between the cluster means per dimension; > corresponds to a higher dimensional score and < to a lower dimensional score. *p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001