Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the total sample and the subsamples by sex
From: Sex differences in personality dysfunction in help-seeking adolescents
| Â | Total sample | Females | Males | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N (%) | M (SD) | N (%) | M (SD) | N (%) | M (SD) | |
Participants | 706 (100) | Â | 571 (80.88) | Â | 135 (19.12) | Â |
Age (in years) | Â | 15.4 (1.54) | Â | 15.4 (1.52) | Â | 15.6 (1.59) |
Education | ||||||
 Graduated from school (yes) | 318 (45.0) |  | 252 (44.1) |  | 66 (48.9) |  |
Living situation | ||||||
 Living with mother (yes) | 603 (85.4) |  | 485 (84.9) |  | 118 (87.4) |  |
  Missing | 1 (0.1) |  | 1 (0.2) |  | 0 (0) |  |
 Living with father (yes) | 456 (64.6) |  | 372 (65.1) |  | 84 (62.2) |  |
  Missing | 10 (1.4) |  | 6 (1.1) |  | 4 (3.0) |  |
Treatment setting | ||||||
 Inpatient / day care (yes) | 448 (63.5) |  | 381 (66.7) |  | 67 (49.6) |  |
 Outpatient (yes) | 258 (36.5) |  | 190 (33.3) |  | 68 (50.4) |  |
STiP 5.1 | ||||||
 Total |  | 1.14 (0.71) |  | 1.18 (0.70) |  | 0.98 (0.71) |
 Self functioning |  | 1.45 (0.84) |  | 1.52 (0.82) |  | 1.17 (0.85) |
 Interpersonal functioning |  | 0.83 (0.72) |  | 0.84 (0.72) |  | 0.80 (0.74) |
 Identity |  | 1.66 (0.94) |  | 1.74 (0.91) |  | 1.34 (0.99) |
 Self-direction |  | 1.25 (0.93) |  | 1.30 (0.93) |  | 1.00 (0.92) |
 Empathy |  | 0.82 (0.76) |  | 0.81 (0.75) |  | 0.85 (0.81) |
 Intimacy |  | 0.84 (0.86) |  | 0.87 (0.85) |  | 0.74 (0.88) |
 Diagnostic threshold (yes) | 180 (25.5) |  | 152 (26.6) |  | 28 (20.7) |  |
SCID-II | ||||||
 BPD (yes) | 146 (20.7) |  | 133 (23.3) |  | 13 (9.6) |  |
 Number of BPD criteria |  | 2.75 (2.27) |  | 2.99 (2.29) |  | 1.76 (1.87) |
MINI-KID | ||||||
 Number of psychiatric diagnoses |  | 3.02 (2.32) |  | 3.22 (2.34) |  | 2.21 (2.10) |
 ICD-10 F1 substance use disorders (yes) | 219 (31.0) |  | 180 (31.5) |  | 39 (28.9) |  |
  Missing | 1 (0.1) |  | 1 (0.2) |  | 0 (0) |  |
 ICD-10 F2 schizophrenia, delusional disorder (yes) | 88 (12.5) |  | 75 (13.1) |  | 13 (9.6) |  |
  Missing | 5 (0.7) |  | 4 (0.7) |  | 1 (0.7) |  |
 ICD-10 F3 affective disorders (yes) | 418 (59.2) |  | 359 (62.9) |  | 59 (43.7) |  |
  Missing | 4 (0.6) |  | 3 (0.5) |  | 1 (0.7) |  |
 ICD-10 F4 neurotic, stress-related, somatoform disorders (yes) | 463 (65.6) |  | 401 (70.2) |  | 62 (45.9) |  |
  Missing | 4 (0.6) |  | 3 (0.5) |  | 1 (0.7) |  |
 ICD-10 F5 disorders associated with physical factor (yes) | 102 (14.4) |  | 93 (16.3) |  | 9 (6.7) |  |
  Missing | 4 (0.6) |  | 3 (0.5) |  | 1 (0.7) |  |
 ICD-10 F9 disorders with onset in childhood and adolescence (yes) | 308 (43.6) |  | 249 (43.6) |  | 59 (43.7) |  |
  Missing | 4 (0.6) |  | 3 (0.5) |  | 1 (0.7) |  |
 Psychosocial impairmentsa |  | 61.6 (16.5) |  | 61.8 (16.4) |  | 61.0 (17.0) |