Skip to main content
. 2021 Mar 18;12:628057. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.628057

Table 7.

Comparisons among the ICD-11 personality disorders degrees of severity on external variables for sample 5 (community participants).

Scale Statistic No PD Personality difficulty Mild PD Moderate PD H
(n = 150) (n = 53) (n = 45) (n = 13)
SIFS total M(SD) 0.64 (0.22) 1.15 (0.08) 1.52 (0.14) 2.11 (0.16) 207.28**
MRb 75.50a 177.50b 225.00c 255.00c
SIFS identity M(SD) 0.90 (0.41) 1.47 (0.53) 1.85 (0.61) 2.69 (0.44) 118.23**
MRb 90.04a 95.46b 162.74bc 246.46c
SIFS self-direction M(SD) 0.83 (0.44) 1.28 (0.40) 1.60 (0.56) 1.94 (0.62) 91.94**
MRb 94.38a 161.36b 191.82b 219.23b
SIFS empathy M(SD) 0.43 (0.31) 0.83 (0.41) 1.18 (0.48) 1.48 (0.52) 115.34**
MRb 90.71a 159.19b 205.44c 230.15c
SIFS intimacy M(SD) 0.45 (0.39) 1.01 (0.48) 1.43 (0.56) 2.21 (0.45) 129.33**
MRb 88.02a 164.92a 204.11b 245.92b
PID-5 negative affectivity M(SD) 0.88 (0.47) 1.24 (0.59) 1.49 (0.61) 1.72 (0.52) 71.71**
MRb 87.25a 136.72b 165.72bc 194.86c
PID-5 detachment M(SD) 0.36 (0.34) 0.68 (0.43) 1.02 (0.47) 1.59 (0.18) 95.51**
MRb 82.51a 126.81b 165.85b 217.86c
PID-5 antagonism M(SD) 0.46 (0.47) 0.53 (0.39) 0.57 (0.49) 0.70 (0.50) 12.77**
MRb 104.76a 126.80ab 140.26b 144.79ab
PID-5 disinhibition M(SD) 0.63 (0.43) 0.90 (0.52) 1.09 (0.53) 1.20 (0.48) 13.33**
MRb 104.24a 128.66ab 139.95b 144.46ab
PID-5 psychoticism M(SD) 0.20 (0.29) 0.31 (0.33) 0.46 (0.51) 0.92 (0.60) 35.76**
MRb 98.73a 129.07ab 139.13b 196.68c
IRI perspective takinga M(SD) 5.30 (0.76) 4.99 (0.87) 4.95 (0.86) 4.34 (1.12) 15.91*
MRb 138.60a 115.36ab 109.30ab 71.89b
IRI empathic concerna M(SD)c 5.56 (1.12) 5.35 (0.94) 5.54 (0.92) 5.27 (1.07) 3.71
IPO total M(SD) 1.54 (0.27) 1.77 (0.33) 2.02 (0.45) 2.32 (0.55) 74.05**
MRb 93.46a 142.91b 185.12bc 201.96c
IPO identity M(SD) 2.07 (0.48) 2.45 (0.54) 2.74 (0.55) 2.89 (0.81) 59.37**
MRb 96.54a 143.55b 175.92b 185.32b
IPO defense mechanisms M(SD) 1.46 (0.40) 1.85 (0.58) 2.10 (0.63) 2.59 (0.89) 66.50**
MRb 95.69a 145.19b 173.32b 201.64b
IPO reality testing M(SD) 1.19 (0.30) 1.22 (0.21) 1.43 (0.58) 1.71 (0.50) 28.59**
MRb 110.59a 131.88ab 147.50b 204.64c
SWLSa M(SD) 5.76 (0.90) 5.11 (0.94) 4.25 (1.11) 3.31 (1.42) 86.14**
MRb 161.38a 113.34b 67.90c 42.00c
RSESa M(SD) 3.49 (0.39) 3.09 (0.40) 2.57 (0.54) 2.33 (0.47) 100.44**
MRb 167.50a 105.71ab 70.58b 30.57c

ICD-11, 11th revision of the International Classification of Diseases; SIFS, Self and Interpersonal Functioning Scale; MR, Mean rank; PID-5, Personality Inventory for DSM−5 Faceted Brief Form (100 items); IPO, Brief 19-item version of the Inventory of Personality Organization; SWLS, Satisfaction with Life Scale; RSES, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale.

a

Higher scores denote better functioning. For all other variables, higher scores denote more severe pathology.

b

Mean rank with different subscripts (a, b, c, d) indicate significant post-hoc comparisons following a significant Kruskall-Wallis test, two-tailed, p < 0.05, using Bonferroni's correction for multiple comparisons.

c

Mean rank not shown in the absence of significant contrasts.

*

p < 0.01;

**

p < 0.001.