Psychiatric and non-psychiatric population vulnerabilities in time of a crisis: the unsuspected aggression factor

BMC Psychiatry

Table 4 Comparison with the literature from previous research (before COVID)

Scale	Results from the present research	Differences	Literature scores	N	Cohen’s d
SBQ-R	Clinical (Gp3)	<	Clinical	69	1.01
SBQ-R	Non clinical (Gp1)	>	Non Clinical	120	.09
HADS-A	Clinical (Gp3) +	>	Clinical +	491	.03
HADS-A	Non clinical (Gp1) +	>	Non Clinical	1792	.05
HADS-D	Clinical (Gp3)	<	Clinical +	491	.46
HADS-D	Non clinical (Gp1)	>	Non Clinical	1792	.40
Negative Urgency	Clinical (Gp3) +	<	Clinical +	81	.1
Negative Urgency	Non clinical (Gp1) +	>	Non Clinical	650	.74
Positive Urgency	Clinical (Gp3) +	<	Clinical +	268	.4
Positive Urgency	Non clinical (Gp1) +	>	Non Clinical	650	.27
Lack of Premeditation	Clinical (Gp3) +	<	Clinical +	268	.34
Lack of Premeditation	Non clinical (Gp1) +	>	Non Clinical	650	.21
Lack of Perseverance	Clinical (Gp3)	<	Clinical +	268	.16
Lack of Perseverance	Non clinical (Gp1)	<	Non Clinical	650	.09
Sensation Seeking	Clinical (Gp3)	<	Clinical +	81	.30
Sensation Seeking	Non clinical (Gp1)	>	Non Clinical	650	.25
Hopelesness	Clinical (Gp3) +	<	Clinical +	340	.20
Hopelesness	Non clinical (Gp1) +	>	Non Clinical	100	.02
AQ12	Clinical (Gp1) +	<	Clinical +	107	.26
AQ12	Non Clinical (Gp3)	>	Non Clinical	101	.94

Note: < or > = cohen’s d higher than .25; < or > = cohen’s d lower then. 25, Non clinical sample: n = 201, Clinical sample: n = 68, AQ12 scores extracted from Vitoratou et al. [50], Hopelessness scale scores extracted from Szabó et al. [51], UPPS scores extracted from Martin et al. [52]; Hads scores extracted from Crawford et al. [53] and Spinhoven et al. [54]; Sbqr scores extracted from Osman et al. [42] and Au et al. [55]; + : above pathological sthresolds

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