Table 4.
Mean personality ratings for clusters from Ward’s cluster analysis, collapsed into five groups
| Scale | DISTURBED (n=96, 49.5%) | NORMAL (n=98, 50.5%) | |||
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| ExD | EmD/DSB | HE/DE | DISTRESS | ||
| (n=30) | (n=33) | (n=20) | (n=13) | ||
| (31.3%) | (34.4%) | (20.1%) | (13.5%) | ||
| Lack of Planning | 5.7 | 3.6 | 5.6 | 4.8 | 2.7 |
| Lack of Persistence | 5.2 | 3.5 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 2.6 |
| Perseverative Behavior | 5.3 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 2.9 |
| Poor Judgment | 5.8 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 2.8 |
| Impulsivity | 5.0 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 2.6 |
| Indecisiveness | 5.6 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 3.2 |
| Social Inappropriateness | 5.3 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 2.4 |
| Insensitivity | 5.1 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 2.5 |
| Inappropriate Affect | 5.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 2.6 |
| Lack of Insight | 5.1 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 2.4 |
| Aggressive Behavior | 4.0 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 2.3 |
| Irritability | 5.1 | 5.1 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 3.0 |
| Impatience | 5.4 | 5.3 | 1.8 | 4.3 | 2.9 |
| Lability | 5.4 | 5.0 | 2.8 | 5.0 | 3.2 |
| Inflexibility | 5.4 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 3.4 |
| Apathy | 5.0 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 3.9 | 2.9 |
| Lack of Initiative | 5.8 | 3.7 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 2.8 |
| Blunted Affect | 3.9 | 2.4 | 4.9 | 1.5 | 3.0 |
| Social Withdrawal | 4.0 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
| Type A Behavior | 3.3 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 2.9 |
| Anxiety | 4.4 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 5.7 | 3.1 |
| Depression | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 2.8 |
| Dependency | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 5.9 | 2.7 |
| Easily Overwhelmed | 5.3 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 5.7 | 3.2 |
| Lack of Stamina | 5.6 | 4.6 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 3.6 |
| Suspiciousness | 3.7 | 3.6 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
| Obsessiveness | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 3.7 |
| Frugality | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.4 |
| Vanity | 3.4 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| Manipulativeness | 4.0 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 2.3 |
Note. ExD = Executive Disturbances (and general disturbance); EmD/DSB= Emotional Dysregulation/Disturbed Social Behavior; HE/DE = Hypo-emotionality/De-energization.