Table 1 Demographic characteristics, personality disorder traits and childhood traumatic experience, comparison of groups among clinical diagnoses.

From: Transdiagnostic Dimensions towards Personality Pathology and Childhood Traumatic Experience in a Clinical Sample: Subtype Classification by a Cross-sectional Analysis

Variables

In total

Schizophrenia

Mood Disorder

Anxiety Disorder

Comparison

F/χ2

p value

Cases [n(%)]

2090

592 (28.3)

581 (27.8)

515 (24.6)

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Age(years) [Mean (SD)]

30.6 (9.7)

30.1 (9.3)

31.6 (10.0)

30.5 (9.5)

F = 3.570

0.028

Male [n(%)]

932 (44.6)

257 (43.4)

224 (38.6)

256 (49.7)

χ2 = 13.832

0.001

Education level (≤9 years) [n(%)]

411 (19.7)

116 (19.6)

103 (17.7)

105 (20.4)

χ2 = 1.340

0.512

Married [n(%)]

802 (38.4)

149 (37.1)

250 (43.0)

245 (47.6)

χ2 = 67.518

<0.001

Have religion [n(%)]

531 (25.4)

170 (28.7)

146 (25.1)

125 (24.3)

χ2 = 3.274

0.195

Parental separation [n(%)]

192 (9.2)

45 (7.6)

55 (9.5)

43 (8.3)

χ2 = 1.330

0.514

First visit [n(%)]

1163 (55.6)

172 (29.1)

359 (61.8)

344 (66.8)

χ2 = 192.293

<0.001

Course of disease(months) [Mean (SD)]

57.5 (74.7)

76.4 (86.9)

49.1 (70.6)

45.3 (60.7)

F = 23.048

<0.001

Family History [n(%)]

236 (11.3)

70 (11.8)

70 (12.0)

58 (11.3)

χ2 = 0.171

0.918

PD Diagnosis by SCID-II (Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV axis-II)

Paranoid [n(%)]

183 (8.8)

77 (13.0)

53 (9.1)

33 (6.4)

χ2 = 14.037

0.001

Schizoid [n(%)]

82 (3.9)

21 (3.5)

24 (4.1)

18 (3.5)

χ2 = 0.394

0.821

Schizotypal [n(%)]

87 (4.2)

40 (6.8)

17 (2.9)

16 (3.1)

χ2 = 13.056

0.001

Histrionic [n(%)]

70 (3.3)

11 (1.9)

18 (3.1)

26 (5.0)

χ2 = 8.966

0.011

Narcissistic [n(%)]

83 (4.0)

13 (2.2)

21 (3.6)

23 (4.5)

χ2 = 4.503

0.105

Borderline [n(%)]

178 (8.5)

23 (3.9)

83 (14.3)

34 (6.6)

χ2 = 44.492

<0.001

Antisocial [n(%)]

18 (0.9)

2 (0.3)

1 (0.2)

5 (1.0)

χ2 = 4.051

0.132

Avoidant [n(%)]

248 (11.9)

68 (11.5)

81 (13.9)

64 (12.4)

χ2 = 1.627

0.443

Dependent [n(%)]

91 (4.4)

32 (5.4)

26 (4.5)

21 (4.1)

χ2 = 1.172

0.557

Obsessive-compulsive [n(%)]

232 (11.1)

40 (6.8)

73 (12.6)

86 (16.7)

χ2 = 26.691

<0.001

Depressive [n(%)]

260 (12.4)

52 (8.8)

110 (18.9)

58 (11.3)

χ2 = 28.698

<0.001

Passive-aggressive [n(%)]

112 (5.4)

25 (4.2)

42 (7.2)

18 (3.5)

χ2 = 9.218

0.010

PD traits by PDQ-4+ [Median, Mean (SD)]

Paranoid [Median, Mean (SD)]

3, 3.4 (1.7)

3, 3.3 (1.7)

3, 3.4 (1.7)

3, 3.4 (1.8)

χ2 = 1.604

0.448

Schizoid [Median, Mean (SD)]

2, 2.7 (1.5)

2, 2.7 (1.4)

3, 2.8 (1.6)

2, 2.6 (1.6)

χ2 = 2.050

0.359

Schizotypal [Median, Mean (SD)]

4, 4.3 (1.9)

4, 4.5 (1.9)

4, 4.3 (2.0)

4, 4.2 (1.9)

χ2 = 9.984

0.007

Histrionic [Median, Mean (SD)]

4, 4.0 (1.8)

4, 3.8 (1.9)

4, 4.1 (1.7)

4, 4.0 (1.7)

χ2 = 6.000

0.050

Narcissistic [Median, Mean (SD)]

4, 3.9 (2.0)

3, 3.7 (2.0)

4, 4.1 (2.0)

4, 3.8 (1.9)

χ2 = 13.227

0.001

Borderline [Median, Mean (SD)]

5, 5.0 (2.2)

4, 4.8 (2.3)

5, 5.4 (2.2)

5, 4.9 (2.0)

χ2 = 27.820

<0.001

Antisocial [Median, Mean (SD)]

2, 2.0 (1.7)

2, 2.1 (1.6)

2, 2.0 (1.7)

1, 1.8 (1.6)

χ2 = 17.432

<0.001

Avoidant [Median, Mean (SD)]

5, 4.3 (1.7)

4, 4.2 (1.7)

4, 4.6 (1.7)

5, 4.3 (1.8)

χ2 = 19.022

<0.001

Dependent [Median, Mean (SD)]

4, 3.8 (1.9)

4, 3.9 (1.9)

4, 4.1 (2.0)

4, 3.8 (1.9)

χ2 = 5.395

0.067

Obsessive-compulsive [Median, Mean (SD)]

4, 4.3 (1.8)

4, 4.2 (1.8)

5, 4.5 (1.7)

4, 4.4 (1.7)

χ2 = 8.093

0.017

Depressive [Median, Mean (SD)]

4, 4.3 (1.8)

4, 4.0 (1.9)

5, 4.6 (1.7)

4, 4.3 (1.8)

χ2 = 35.034

<0.001

Passive-aggressive [Median, Mean (SD)]

3, 3.3 (1.6)

3, 3.3 (1.6)

3, 3.5 (1.5)

3, 3.2 (1.5)

χ2 = 5.780

0.056

Total score of PD traits [Median, Mean (SD)]

44, 45.3 (13.5)

43, 44.4 (14.5)

47, 47.3 (13.7)

44, 44.5 (12.1)

χ2 = 16.241

<0.001

Childhood traumatic experience by CTQ [Median, Mean (SD)]

Emotional abuse [Median, Mean (SD)]

7, 7.7 (3.2)

7, 7.8 (3.2)

7, 7.9 (3.4)

6, 7.5 (3.0)

χ2 = 5.948

0.051

Physical abuse [Median, Mean (SD)]

5, 6.3 (2.4)

5, 6.4 (2.4)

5, 6.3 (2.4)

5, 6.2 (2.3)

χ2 = 5.005

0.082

Sexual abuse [Median, Mean (SD)]

5, 5.9 (1.9)

5, 6.1 (2.1)

5, 5.8 (2.0)

5, 5.6 (1.4)

χ2 = 26.539

<0.001

Emotional neglect [Median, Mean (SD)]

18, 18.6 (4.8)

18, 18.3 (4.7)

18, 18.8 (5.1)

18, 18.5 (4.7)

χ2 = 2.232

0.328

Physical neglect [Median, Mean (SD)]

9, 9.1 (3.1)

9, 9.3 (3.0)

9, 8.9 (3.1)

9, 8.8 (3.1)

χ2 = 9.601

0.008

Total scores of abuse and neglect [Median, Mean (SD)]

46, 47.5 (10.6)

46, 47.9 (10.3)

45, 47.7 (11.1)

45, 46.5 (10.2)

χ2 = 6.293

0.043

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