Table 2.

Clinical comparison between patients with and without illegal acts.

	α	No illegal acts (n =279)		Illegal acts (n =103)		T(df=380)	SE	p	|d|	Power
		Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Impulsivity: UPPS-P subscales
Lack of premeditation	0.852	23.07	6.39	25.77	6.54	3.64	0.742	<0.001a	0.42	0.953
Lack of perseverance	0.852	21.47	5.27	23.16	6.14	2.65	0.636	0.008a	0.29	0.753
Sensation seeking	0.778	27.29	8.59	28.56	8.91	1.28	1.000	0.203	0.15	0.753
Positive urgency	0.851	31.01	10.44	34.46	10.14	2.88	1.195	0.004a	0.33	0.820
Negative urgency	0.922	32.30	7.05	34.09	7.01	2.21	0.812	0.028a	0.25	0.795
Psychopathology: SCL-90R
GSI score	0.860	0.92	0.63	1.28	0.76	4.73	0.077	<0.001a	0.52b	0.997
Personality traits: TCI-R scales
Novelty seeking	0.705	108.05	12.97	114.29	11.36	3.92	1.594	<0.001a	0.51b	0.974
Harm avoidance	0.808	99.12	16.76	100.50	15.85	0.72	1.906	0.470	0.08	0.888
Reward dependence	0.788	98.90	14.83	98.25	15.27	0.37	1.726	0.710	0.04	0.934
Persistence	0.885	107.94	20.46	107.46	22.51	0.20	2.427	0.844	0.02	0.946
Self-directedness	0.862	133.86	20.34	120.05	21.24	5.81	2.376	<0.001a	0.66b	0.908
Cooperativeness	0.797	132.03	14.48	126.85	18.09	2.89	1.793	0.004a	0.32	0.821
Self-Transcendence	0.818	60.61	13.70	63.26	15.40	1.62	1.636	0.106	0.18	0.634
Substances: use-abuse		n	%	N	%	χ2	df	p	|d|	Power
Tobacco use		159	57.0	59	57.3	0.00	1	0.959	0.01	0.053
Alcohol: AUDIT total		5.26	6.44	5.86	6.81	0.59	1	0.557	0.09	0.060
Other drugs: DUDIT total		3.31	7.15	3.64	6.74	0.296	1	0.768	0.05	0.060

p includes Bonferroni–Finner correction for multiple comparisons.

^aSignificant comparison.

^bEffect size in the moderate (|d| > 0.50) to high (|d| > 0.80) range.

df, degrees of freedom; |d|, Cohens’-d measuring effect size; α, Cronbach’s alpha in the sample.