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Table 2 Impulsivity and aggression of male and female suicide ideators, low lethal attempters, and high lethal attempters

From: Impulsivity and aggression in suicide ideators and suicide attempters of high and low lethality

Measure

Construct

Suicide ideator

Low lethal suicide attempt

High lethal suicide attempt

F

P

BIS-female

Cognitive impulsivity

24.1(5.6)

24.5(6.1)

21.9(7.0)

0.75

0.478

BIS-male

Cognitive impulsivity

22.1(5.3)

23.0(4.8)

23.7(5.0)

0.35

0.707

BIS-female

Impulsive behaviour

16.0(4.3)

20.5(6.6)

19.7(5.7)

3.47

0.039a

BIS–male

Impulsive behaviour

20.4(6.2)

20.3(5.3)

21.4(6.8)

0.13

0.875

BIS-female

Impatience

16.5(3.4)

17.9(3.9)

18.6(3.8)

1.45

0.268

BIS-male

Impatience

16.8(4.2)

16.6(3.2)

16.8(4.3)

0.08

0.992

AGQ- female

Aggression-physical

15.2(5.1)

20.1(7.4)

24.4(8.8)

6.79

0.002a

AGQ- male

Aggression- physical

27.7(9.8)

23.6(6.7)

32.0(16.5)

1.87

0.167

AGQ- female

Aggression-verbal

12.0(3.8)

13.2(5.6)

14.1(7.6)

0.62

0.542

AGQ- male

Aggression verbal

14.4(5.6)

14.4(3.7)

17.8(8.0)

1.60

0.216

AGQ-female

Aggression- anger

20.6(9.4)

21.1(10.1)

28.2(10.1)

0.07

0.065

AGQ- male

Aggression-anger

23.1(9.7)

21.6(7.9)

22.7(11.0)

0.10

0.906

AGQ- female

Aggression-hostility

24.7(12.7)

31.7(11.2)

35.5(12.0)

3.53

0.037a

AGQ-male

Aggression-hostility

33.9(11.2)

28.9(8.4)

32.8(14.9)

0.75

0.477

  1. a = p value of group comparison with Bonferroni post hoc test