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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 31.
Published in final edited form as: J Abnorm Psychol. 2009 May;118(2):388–398. doi: 10.1037/a0015372

Table 1.

Means, Standard Deviations, and Comparison Results for Cluster Characteristics

Primary psychopaths
Secondary psychopaths
Control participants
Criminals with psychopathic features
Variable M SD M SD M SD M SD Comparisons at p < .05
Demographic variable
    Age 28.00 5.80 24.58 5.84 24.59 6.80 22.35 4.14
    Education 11.30 1.87 11.40 1.71 11.41 1.74 11.15 1.54
    IQ 88.77 11.77 89.08 14.23 92.34 10.75 92.38 10.44
    PCL-R 30.55 4.29 27.31 5.84 16.20 4.25 27.00 4.82
Cluster variable
    Alcohol –0.20 0.81 1.32 0.45 –0.19 0.79 –0.66 0.38 s > c, f, p
    Anxiety –0.07 0.99 0.37 0.57 0.39 0.88 –0.18 1.01 s > c
    Drug 0.27 0.98 0.38 0.91 –0.47 0.88 –0.08 0.19 p, s > c
    Factor 1 1.07 0.54 0.10 0.94 –1.13 0.63 0.28 0.78 p > s, c, f; s, f > c
    Factor 2 0.43 0.72 0.49 0.85 –0.85 0.93 0.41 0.82 p, s, f > c
    IM-P 1.57 0.71 0.01 0.69 –0.57 0.46 –0.09 0.51 p, s, f > c; p > f

Note. Only significant group comparisons are listed. p = primary psychopathic cluster; s = secondary psychopathic cluster; c = control cluster; f = inmates with psychopathic features cluster. PCL-R = Psychopathy Checklist—Revised; IM-P = Interpersonal Measure of Psychopathy.