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Table 4 Psychiatric symptoms, defense mechanisms, recovery styles and social functioning

From: Emotional crisis in a naturalistic context: characterizing outpatient profiles and treatment effectiveness

Variables

Sample

Women

Men

Statistics

p

N

(%)

N

(%)

N

(%)

  

Psychiatric symptoms

 BPRS-4.0

No illnessa

0

(0.00)

0

(0.00)

0

(0.00)

χ2 = 0.65 (df = 3)

0.89

Mild

6

(1.77)

4

(1.17)

2

(0.58)

  

Moderate

27

(7.95)

15

(4.41)

12

(3.52)

  

Severe

71

(20.88)

44

(12.94)

27

(7.94)

  

Extremely severe

236

(69.47)

149

(43.82)

87

(25.58)

  

 SCL-90-R

No distress

10

(3.65)

4

(1.45)

6

(2.18)

χ2 = 5.92 (df = 4)

0.21

Mild

8

(2.92)

6

(2.18)

2

(0.73)

  

Moderate

16

(5.84)

8

(2.92)

8

(2.92)

  

Severe

32

(11.67)

24

(8.76)

8

(2.92)

  

Extremely severe

208

(75.91)

132

(48.17)

76

(27.73)

  

Recovery (RSQ)

Sealing over

54

(19.01)

39

(13.73)

15

(5.28)

χ2 = 2.78 (df = 1)

0.10

Integration

230

(80.98)

138

(48.59)

92

(32.39)

  
  

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

  

Defenses (DSQ-40)

Mature

5.24

1.31

5.21

1.32

5.28

1.32

Z = −0.25

0.80

Neurotic

4.66

1.41

4.67

1.45

4.65

1.32

Z = −0.11

0.92

Immature

4.24

1.07

4.18

1.04

4.32

1.11

Z = −0.54

0.59

Global functioning (GAF)

 

52.51

10.99

52.56

11.21

52.42

10.64

Z = −0.58

0.57

  1. BPRS-4.0 Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale version 4.0, SCL-90-R Symptom Checklist – Revised, DSQ-40 Defense Style Questionnaire 40 items, RSQ Recovery Style Questionnaire, GAF Global Assessment Functioning
  2. aGiven N values this Group was excluded of χ2 analyses