Table 1 Demographics and personality characteristics for aggression group (AG) and control group (CG).

From: A Biobehavioral Validation of the Taylor Aggression Paradigm in Female Adolescents

 

AG

CG

d

CI

M

SD

M

SD

Age

14.85

1.09

15.45

1.00

−0.57

−1.20

0.06

BMI

20.06

2.40

20.68

1.89

−0.29

−0.91

0.34

AQ total

1.95

0.37

1.80

0.37

0.40

−0.23

1.02

AQ anger

2.21

0.48

1.92

0.64

0.52

−0.12

1.14

AQ physical aggression

1.56

0.61

1.52

0.38

0.09

−0.53

0.71

AQ verbal aggression

2.30

0.49

2.18

0.48

0.25

−0.38

0.87

AQ hostility

1.89

0.58

1.75

0.47

0.27

−0.36

0.89

BIS-11 total

65.80

8.46

62.55

7.23

0.41

−0.22

1.04

BIS-11 attention

17.20

3.41

16.30

2.30

0.31

−0.32

0.93

BIS-11 motor

22.70

3.71

22.80

4.51

−0.02

−0.64

0.60

BIS-11 nonplanning

25.90

3.32

23.45

3.24

0.75

0.10

1.38

YPI total

1.80

0.28

1.82

0.30

−0.09

−0.71

0.53

YPI grandiose–manipulative

1.61

0.49

1.71

0.44

−0.22

−0.85

0.40

YPI callous–unemotional

1.66

0.27

1.68

0.31

−0.07

−0.69

0.55

YPI impulsive-irresponsible

2.19

0.36

2.12

0.37

0.19

−0.43

0.82

 

n

%

n

%

V

  

School type

    

0.00

  

  Gymnasiuma

14

70

14

70

   

  Realschuleb

6

30

6

30

   

native language

    

0.23

  

  german

20

100

18

90

   

  other

0

0

2

10

   
  1. AG = Aggression group, AQ = Aggression Questionnaire, BIS-11 = Barratt Impulsiveness Scale Version 11, BMI = Body Mass Index, CG = Control group, CI = confidence interval, d = Cohen’s d, M = mean, n = cell size, SD = standard deviation, V = Cramer’s V, YPI = Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory; aGymnasium: 8 years of school after 4 years of elementary school terminating with the general qualification for university entry, bRealschule: 6 years of school after 4 years of elementary school terminating with a secondary-school, level I certificate.
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