Table 1.
Descriptive Statistics for Trait and Symptom Scales with Between-Sample Mean Comparisons, Organized By Hypothesized Factor Markers
| Student Sample |
Psychiatric Patient Sample |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scale (# of items) | Mean | SD | α | Mean | SD | α | Cohen's d |
| Affiliation | |||||||
| FI-FFM Sociability (9) | 33.19 | 6.5 | .83 | 25.50 | 7.8 | .83 | 1.07** |
| MPQ-BF Social Closeness (12) | 9.58 | 2.9 | .85 | 5.92 | 3.8 | .88 | 1.08** |
| NEO PI-R Gregariousness (8) | 29.08 | 5.3 | .77 | 21.69 | 6.0 | .78 | 1.31** |
| NEO PI-R Warmth (8) | 31.82 | 4.8 | .83 | 28.09 | 5.8 | .81 | .70** |
| SNAP Detachment (18) | 4.22 | 3.8 | .85 | 8.71 | 4.9 | .88 | 1.02** |
| Positive Affectivity | |||||||
| BAS Reward Responsive (5) | 17.56 | 2.2 | .72 | 16.20 | 2.9 | .80 | .53** |
| FI-FFM Positive Temp. (8) | 29.05 | 6.2 | .90 | 21.91 | 7.4 | .87 | 1.05** |
| MPQ-BF Wellbeing (14) | 10.39 | 3.7 | .87 | 6.67 | 4.7 | .91 | .88** |
| NEO PI-R Positive Emot. (8) | 30.09 | 5.0 | .75 | 24.92 | 6.4 | .78 | .90** |
| PANAS-X Joviality (8) | 27.04 | 6.6 | .94 | 20.57 | 7.3 | .94 | .93** |
| SNAP Positive Affectivity (11) | 7.39 | 2.5 | .81 | 5.26 | 3.5 | .86 | .70** |
| Energy | |||||||
| IPIP Activity (10) | 6.82 | 2.7 | .81 | 4.58 | 3.2 | .85 | .76** |
| NEO PI-R Activity (8) | 25.43 | 4.0 | .61 | 21.19 | 5.1 | .68 | .93** |
| PANAS-X Attentiveness (4) | 12.66 | 2.8 | .75 | 12.26 | 2.3 | .80 | .16 |
| SNAP Energy (12) | 7.45 | 2.9 | .76 | 5.57 | 3.5 | .85 | .58** |
| Ascendance | |||||||
| BAS Drive (4) | 11.56 | 2.5 | .76 | 9.97 | 3.0 | .81 | .58** |
| FI-FFM Ascendance (8) | 26.12 | 6.5 | .85 | 20.75 | 7.4 | .85 | .77** |
| FI-FFM Frankness (8) | 26.13 | 6.2 | .83 | 26.24 | 7.3 | .84 | .02 |
| MPQ-BF Social Potency (14) | 7.79 | 3.5 | .80 | 4.93 | 3.7 | .84 | .79** |
| NEO PI-R Assertiveness (8) | 24.57 | 5.2 | .79 | 21.63 | 6.1 | .82 | .52** |
| PANAS-X Self-Assurance (6) | 17.64 | 4.3 | .80 | 15.61 | 5.2 | .85 | .43** |
| SNAP Exhibitionism (16) | 9.32 | 4.0 | .83 | 5.14 | 4.1 | .87 | 1.03** |
| Venturesomeness | |||||||
| BAS Fun Seeking (4) | 12.99 | 2.3 | .75 | 10.78 | 2.6 | .68 | .90** |
| FI-FFM Venturesomeness (8) | 30.33 | 6.1 | .86 | 22.04 | 7.0 | .82 | 1.26** |
| NEO PI-R Excitement (8) | 30.40 | 4.7 | .63 | 22.45 | 5.8 | .65 | 1.51** |
| Neuroticism/ Negative Emotionality | |||||||
| BFI Neuroticism (8) | 22.44 | 6.0 | .80 | 28.42 | 6.4 | .81 | .96** |
| PANAS-X NA (10) | 20.16 | 6.6 | .87 | 25.74 | 8.7 | .89 | .72** |
| Depression | |||||||
| Beck Depression Inventory (21) | 9.83 | 9.27 | .93 | 19.33 | 12.36 | .93 | .87** |
| IDAS General Depression (20) | 43.69 | 11.75 | .88 | 52.54 | 15.19 | .91 | .65** |
| Social Anxiety | |||||||
| IDAS Social Anxiety (5) | 9.57 | 3.81 | .79 | 11.27 | 5.08 | .85 | .38** |
| PSRS Social Fear (11) | 27.25 | 6.54 | .85 | 29.37 | 7.45 | .86 | .30** |
| SIAS (19) | 22.41 | 13.18 | .90 | 32.03 | 15.72 | .93 | .66** |
| Social Phobia Scale (20) | 17.78 | 13.43 | .93 | 22.38 | 16.72 | .94 | .30** |
Note. N = 350 students, 204 psychiatric patients. The number of items in each scale is shown in parentheses. For each measure, sample means that are significantly higher are shown in boldface. BFI = Big Five Inventory; BAS = Behavioral Activation System Scales; IDAS = Inventory of Depression and Anxiety Symptoms; IPIP = International Personality Item Pool; MPQ-BF = Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire- Brief Form; NA = Negative Affect; NEO PI-R = Revised NEO Personality Inventory; PANAS-X = Expanded Form of the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule; PSRS= Phobic Stimuli and Response Scales; SIAS = Social Interaction and Anxiety Scale; SNAP = Schedule for Nonadaptive and Adaptive Personality.
difference between sample means significant at p < .01, two-tailed.