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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Psychiatr Res. 2008 Apr 3;43(1):64–69. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2008.02.003

Table 4.

Mean disruptiveness by type of behavior and its frequency, with number of ratings used to calculate each mean

Shift Type of behavior verbal non aggressive # of ratings for verbal non aggressive behaviors verbal aggressive # of ratings for verbal aggressive behaviors physical non aggressive # of ratings for physical non aggressive behaviors physical aggressive # of ratings for physical aggressive behaviors
Morning frequency of behavior Never 1.00 438 1.00 486 1.00 1274 1.00 1851
Less than once a week 1.78 27 1.59 27 1.71 34 1.89 66
Once or twice a week 1.45 51 1.60 50 1.64 59 1.98 66
several times a week 2.15 33 2.38 29 1.86 42 2.49 81
Once or twice a day 1.55 58 1.80 41 1.56 50 2.46 82
several times a day 2.11 98 2.24 79 2.30 152 2.86 65
several times an hour 2.71 28 3.27 22 2.40 47 3.17 6
Evening frequency of behavior Never 1 440 1 469 1 1199 1 1770
Less than once a week 1.32 19 2.07 15 1.27 22 1.60 35
Once or twice a week 1.35 52 1.68 38 1.56 50 1.89 74
several times a week 1.42 24 1.97 39 1.66 32 1.83 46
Once or twice a day 1.48 54 1.89 35 1.58 52 2.47 57
several times a day 1.88 64 2.44 72 1.72 138 2.81 68
several times an hour 3.03 30 3.18 17 2.33 48 3.83 6