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Table 2 Personality disorders, personality styles, TCI, PSI, STAI, ABI scores and prevalence of adverse events in secure and insecure attachment styles

From: Attachment style, anxiety coping, and personality-styles in withdrawn alcohol addicted inpatients

 

Insecure attachment style n =39

Secure attachment style n = 20

df

Significance

Duration of addiction (years)

13.6 ± 11.9

12.7 ± 11.2

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t= 0.28; p= .78

Qualified Detoxifications

4.2 ± 7.1

3.3 ± 3.7

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t= 0.53; p= .60

Personality disorders**

8 (19%)

1 (5%)

1

p=.148

STAI-1-State anxiety

41.3 ± 4.9

42.2 ± 10.8

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t =−0.44; p= .66

STAI-2-Trait anxiety

47.2 ± 4.9

42.6 ± 7.1

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t =2.92; p=.005

ABI-V (sensitizers) PR

74.8 ± 26.9

76.3 ± 28.3

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t =−0.20 ; p= .84

ABI-K (repressers) PR

43.8 ± 15.5

60.8 ± 18.7

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t=−3.72 ; p=.001

PSI scale PR ± SD

    

1 (antisocial)

56.0 ± 13.9

44.6 ± 14.0

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t=2.98; p=.004

2 (paranoid)

73.5 ± 8.8

55.3 ± 5.9

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t=8.32; p<.001

3 (schizoid)

74.1 ± 8.6

49.2 ± 11.2

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t=9.48, p<.001

4 (insecure)

66.3 ± 9.0

42.9 ± 8.7

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t=9.56; p<.001

5 (anancastic)

71.8 ± 9.8

71.4 ± 10.7

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t=0.14; p= .89

6 (schizotypic)

54.1 ± 8.7

45.1 ± 11.6

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t=3.35; p< .001

7 (rhapsodic)

42.7 ± 9.6

59.3 ± 10.1

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t=−6.18; p<.001

8 (narcissic)

38.4 ± 8.7

26.6 ± 12.0

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t=4.32; p<.001

9 (negativistic)

76.6 ± 9.9

57.9 ± 9.0

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t=7.08; p<.001

10 (dependent)

72.3 ± 8.2

49.1 ± 10.8

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t=9.22; p<.001

11 (borderline)

69.1 ± 7.8

49.1 ± 9.0

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t=8.85; p<.001

12 (histrionic)

40.2 ± 9.6

59.3 ± 8.5

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t= −7.51; p<.001

13 (depressed)

73.8 ± 8.9

52.5 ± 8.4

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t=8.87; p<.001

14 (self-sacrificing)

80.4 ± 8.8

73.3 ± 9.8

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t=2.82; p= .007

TCI-scale PR ± SD Self-directedness

23.5 ± 9.0

38.3 ± 11.6

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t=−5.41; p<.001

Cooperativeness

34.4 ± 21.4

42.9 ± 18.6

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t=−1.51; p= .14

Self-transcendence

45.6 ± 13.8

41.2 ± 20.6

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t=0.98; p=.33

Novelty-seeking

46.6 ± 7.7

58.3 ± 6.9

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t=−5.72; p<.001

Harm-avoidance

73.4 ± 9.9

48.2 ± 8.5

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t=9.69; p<.001

Reward-dependence

48.7 ± 12.0

45.3 ± 14.4

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t=0.96; p= .34

Perseverance

55.3 ± 10.5

48.0 ± 14.0

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t=2.25; p= .028

  1. PR = percent-rank. SD= standard deviation.
  2. For variables from personality-scale Fisher’ s exact test was used. P-values are exact p-values.
  3. all: T-test except **: Fisher’s exact-test used.
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