Associations between impulsivity, aggression, and suicide in Chinese college students

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Comparisions of scores of BIS-11-CH and BAQ between the three groups

	Not suicide	Ideators	Attempts	P
	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
Cognitive impulsivity	36^a ± 4.1	35^a ± 4.5	33^b ± 5.4	0.0032
Planning impulsivity	36^a ± 6.1	34^b ± 6.2	32^b ± 6.6	< .0001
Motor impulsivity	22^a ± 5.8	25^b ± 6.3	26^b ± 7.7	< .0001
Physical aggression	23^a ± 16.7	27^b ± 18.0	30^b ± 19.0	< .0001
Hostility	26^a ± 15.8	36^b ± 16.4	40^b ± 17.9	< .0001
Verbal aggression	29^a ± 15.7	35^b ± 17.5	36^b ± 16.2	< .0001
Self-oriented attack	20^a ± 16.2	33^b ± 19.9	43^c ± 20.6	< .0001
Anger	27^a ± 18.2	37^b ± 19.9	42^b ± 21.6	< .0001

Note. This table depicts results from the nonparametric test (k Independent Sample test, Kruskal-Wallis H). Median ± standard deviation for individual scores, P < 0.05 considered singnificant. The superscript letter (a, b and c) means that there are significant differences between them (P < 0.05).

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