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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Compr Psychiatry. 2011 Jul 14;53(4):323–332. doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2011.05.008

Table 3.

Mean levels of temperament across classes.

Healthy Internalizing Externalizing Comorbid F
(62.5%) (16.9%) (16.4%) (4.2%)
Negative Temp. 7.76 (6.12)a 14.30 (7.86)b 10.88 (6.96)c 14.87 (8.14)b 39.47***
Positive Temp. 20.22 (4.95)a 17.57 (6.61)b 19.26 (5.69)a,c 17.34 (7.56)b,c 9.32***
Disinhibited Temp. 7.61 (4.85)a 8.38 (4.47)a 12.10 (5.46)b 11.81 (6.40)b 29.44***
***

p < .001; Temp. = Temperament. Healthy = Class 1; Internalizing = Class 2; Externalizing = Class 3; Comorbid = Class 4. Differing superscripts reflect significant differences at p < .05.