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Published in final edited form as: J Psychiatr Res. 2009 Feb 18;43(12):1036–1048. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2009.01.002

Table 4.

Impulsivity measures as a function of diagnostic group.

Group

η_{p}^{2}

OPD

BPD

Passive Avoidance Learning

(N = 65)

(N = 80)

(N = 95)

PA ratio

.69 (1.12)

.47 (.33)

.53 (.51)

1.46

0.01

Immediate Memory Task

(N = 103)

(N = 112)

(N = 116)

IMT ratio^a,^b

.26 (.20)

.32 (.17)

.38 (.32)

3.87^**

0.02

Bechara Gambling Task

(N = 103)

(N = 111)

(N = 119)

Block 1

13.46 (4.81)

13.73 (4.39)

13.24 (4.28)

0.30

0.00

Block 2

11.77 (4.56)

11.46 (4.10)

11.18 (4.70)

0.34

0.00

Block 3

11.28 (5.13)

11.53 (5.40)

11.59 (5.30)

0.06

0.00

Block 4

10.38 (6.02)

11.18 (5.43)

11.52 (5.55)

0.64

0.00

Barratt impulsivity scale

(N = 103)

(N = 114)

(N = 111)

Motor^a,^b,^c

17.71 (3.44)

21.08 (4.41)

24.45 (5.17)

35.77^***

0.18

Cognitive^a,^b,^c

14.30 (2.94)

17.91 (3.52)

19.62 (3.52)

40.77^***

0.20

Nonplanning^a,^b,^c

23.04 (4.29)

26.29 (5.32)

28.86 (5.60)

24.03^***

0.11

Life history of impulse behavior

(N = 86)

(N = 89)

(N = 97)

CSI^a,^b,^c

17.30 (30.97)

51.96 (45.95)

82.05 (57.66)

23.39^***

0.15

NCSI

62.52 (31.59)

49.04 (32.16)

63.21 (58.08)

3.04

0.02

Note: All means adjusted for number of Axis I disorders, age and education; HV = Healthy volunteers; OPD = Other (non cluster B) personality disorder; BPD = Borderline personality disorder; CSI = Clinically significant impulsivity; NCSI = Non-clinically significant impulsivity; PAT Ratio and IMT Ratio = commission errors/correct detections; Bechara Gambling Task = disadvantageous deck selections.

BPD vs. HV significant.

OPD vs. HV significant.

BPD vs. OPD significant.

^**

p < .01.

^***

p < .001.