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Table 5 Descriptive statistics (means and standard deviations) and posterior medians of the estimated difference and effect size for the ESI-BF Callous-aggression subfactor (N = 77)

From: Exploring the psychometric properties of the externalizing spectrum inventory-brief form in a Swedish forensic psychiatric inpatient sample

Measure

Myes (SD)

Mno (SD)

Est. diff. [90% HDI]

Est. \(\stackrel{\prime }{\delta }\) [90% HDI]

Repeated truancy

17.30 (13.09)

11.89 (9.29)

4.91 [0.77, 8.87]

0.48 [0.08, 0.87]

Repeated bullying

19.47 (11.39)

14.25 (12.15)

5.45 [1.10, 9.83]

0.63 [0.10, 1.21]

Any violence against caregiver

18.64 (12.19)

12.98 (11.6)

6.10 [2.07, 10.12]

0.69 [0.21, 1.20]

Excessive alcohol use

16.22 (12.08)

14.25 (12.26)

3.02 [-0.87, 6.97]

0.33 [-0.11, 0.75]

Excessive substance use

16.41 (11.99)

12.11 (12.27)

4.49 [-0.43, 9.30]

0.47 [-0.04, 1.02]

Any sentence for deadly violence

16.25 (11.83)

15.11 (12.30)

1.85 [-2.82, 6.51]

0.19 [-0.29, 0.69]

Multiple sentences for assault

17.6 (12.47)

11.76 (10.73)

5.87 [1.87, 9.62]

0.64 [0.20, 1.09]

Multiple sentences for other violence crimes

15.57 (12.43)

14.75 (11.20)

0.41 [-4.62, 5.44]

0.04 [-0.46, 0.55]

Any sentence for sexual crimes1

9.40 (7.72)

16.15 (12.47)

-5.44 [-10.82, -0.12]

-0.53 [-1.09, -0.02]

Multiple sentences for theft or damage to property

16.48 (12.38)

13.16 (11.47)

3.16 [-1.21, 7.43]

0.32 [-0.13, 0.75]

Any sentence for economics-related crimes

17.91 (11.96)

14.40 (12.14)

4.15 [-0.35, 8.56]

0.46 [-0.06, 0.98]

Any sentence for traffic-related crimes

16.13 (11.45)

13.79 (13.59)

3.18 [-1.84, 7.94]

0.34 [-0.19, 0.90]

Multiple sentences for narcotics-related crimes

16.8 (11.96)

10.83 (11.81)

6.37 [1.96, 10.69]

0.70 [0.18, 1.22]

Multiple sentences for weapons-related crimes

19.07 (12.43)

13.19 (11.49)

6.32 [1.88, 10.67]

0.69 [0.20, 1.19]

  1. Note. 1 N = 76 for sexual crimes. ESI-BF, Externalizing Spectrum Inventory-Brief Form; HDI, highest density interval; \(\stackrel{\prime }{\delta }\), bias-corrected standardized mean difference. Estimated differences for which the 90% HDI does not contain zero are highlighted in bold