Table 2 Mean score (M) and standard deviation (SD) differences with associated significance level p and effect size f in the different diagnostic groups: personality disorder (PD), internalizing disorder (internal), and externalizing disorder (external)
From: Identity development in adolescents with mental problems
Differences between diagnostic groups | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PD | Internal | External | ||||
N= 24 | N= 24 | N=10 | ||||
M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | F | p*1 | f*2 | |
AIDA total score: Identity diffusion | 135.96 (27.41) | 96.82 (39.22) | 60.50 (30.18) | 13.485 | .000*** | 0.44 |
1. Discontinuity | 58.29 (13.02) | 42.23 (18.80) | 28.70 (12.66) | 9.588 | .000*** | 0.36 |
1.1 attributes | 23.92 (16.05) | 19.09 (11.48) | 14.40 (6.10) | 1.484 | .230 | 0.08 |
1.2 relationships | 20.17 (6.45) | 13.00 (7.92) | 9.20 (7.38) | 7.030 | .000*** | 0.29 |
1.3 emotional self-refl. | 16.29 (5.54) | 13.18 (6.65) | 5.10 (3.64) | 9.751 | .000*** | 0.36 |
2. Incoherence | 74.96 (19.21) | 51.55 (25.78) | 31.80 (22.07) | 9.615 | .000*** | 0.36 |
2.1 consistent self | 32.00 (6.24) | 20.82 (9.84) | 13.50 (9.93) | 13.106 | .000*** | 0.43 |
2.2 autonomy | 26.17 (8.60) | 19.77 (8.49) | 10.20 (8.43) | 8.375 | .000*** | 0.33 |
2.3 cognitive self-refl. | 19.50 (5.88) | 14.00 (5.97) | 8.10 (6.26) | 7.279 | .000*** | 0.35 |