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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Personal Disord. 2016 Jan 25;7(2):113–123. doi: 10.1037/per0000170

Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics for the BFAS and PID-5.

Sample 1 (N = 321)
Sample 2 (N = 549)
Combined
Mean SD Skewness α Mean SD Skewness α Skewness
BFAS
Withdrawn Distress 2.68 0.71 0.19 .83 2.84 0.83 0.04 .88 0.12
Volatility 2.53 0.81 0.43 .90 2.60 0.84 0.23 .92 0.30
Politeness 3.78 0.64 −0.61 .76 3.92 0.58 −0.58 .78 −0.61
Compassion 4.23 0.56 −0.77 .86 3.94 0.71 −0.83 .91 −0.90
Industriousness 3.43 0.70 −0.43 .83 3.58 0.71 −0.10 .87 −0.21
Orderliness 3.38 0.71 −0.23 .79 3.61 0.68 −0.15 .84 −0.19
Enthusiasm 3.74 0.73 −0.49 .85 3.41 0.77 −0.24 .88 −0.33
Assertiveness 3.67 0.67 −0.43 .85 3.26 0.79 −0.27 .90 −0.38
Openness 4.04 0.64 −0.61 .82 3.77 0.68 −0.37 .87 −0.45
Intellect 4.01 0.61 −0.56 .83 3.83 0.67 −0.41 .83 −0.48
PID-5
Anhedonia 1.66 0.54 1.21 .84 1.93 0.66 0.64 .90 0.84
Anxiousness 2.11 0.74 0.53 .89 2.32 0.82 0.22 .94 0.34
Attention Seeking 2.10 0.70 0.18 .88 1.79 0.63 0.53 .89 0.42
Callousness 1.33 0.38 1.87 .86 1.42 0.47 1.47 .91 1.62
Deceitfulness 1.66 0.57 0.88 .86 1.67 0.57 0.74 .89 0.79
Distractibility 1.92 0.68 0.60 .91 1.87 0.62 0.50 .95 0.55
Depressivity 1.42 0.50 1.65 .90 1.65 0.68 1.08 .90 1.29
Eccentricity 2.25 0.84 0.23 .95 2.03 0.75 0.34 .96 0.33
Emotional Lability 1.84 0.62 0.57 .83 1.97 0.70 0.64 .90 0.65
Grandiosity 1.73 0.55 0.86 .73 1.69 0.57 0.96 .82 0.92
Hostility 1.76 0.50 0.76 .79 1.87 0.59 0.79 .87 0.82
Impulsivity 1.78 0.64 0.69 .85 1.73 0.62 0.57 .88 0.62
Intimacy Avoidance 1.42 0.48 1.44 .73 1.65 0.72 1.18 .90 1.38
Irresponsibility 1.44 0.48 1.24 .74 1.50 0.48 1.04 .79 1.10
Manipulativeness 1.93 0.70 0.60 .81 1.83 0.68 0.62 .85 0.61
Perceptual Dysregulation 1.62 0.55 1.16 .84 1.54 0.45 1.00 .84 1.13
Perseveration 1.81 0.56 0.61 .80 2.00 0.58 0.17 .86 0.32
Restricted Affectivity 1.94 0.64 0.60 .79 1.94 0.60 0.41 .82 0.48
Rigid Perfectionism 2.01 0.65 0.35 .87 2.19 0.69 0.27 .91 0.31
Risk Taking 2.45 0.53 0.01 .87 2.09 0.59 0.16 .91 0.03
Separation Insecurity 1.75 0.64 0.85 .83 1.86 0.65 0.58 .84 0.67
Social Withdrawal 1.73 0.59 0.65 .88 2.11 0.75 0.40 .93 0.56
Submissiveness 2.28 0.67 −0.19 .78 2.30 0.68 −0.24 .82 −0.22
Suspiciousness 1.80 0.56 0.75 .71 2.01 0.61 0.53 .81 0.62
Unusual Beliefs and Experiences 1.79 0.69 1.00 .83 1.68 0.61 1.01 .85 1.03