No

Items

N

M

SD

Skewness

Kurtosis

Correlation with the domain total

Correlation with the total score

Primitive defence

1

I am a ‘hero worshiper’

254

0.76

0.95

1.3

1.4

0.50

0.40

2

People I once thought highly of have disappointed me

255

1.49

1.09

0.4

−0.4

0.60

0.54

3

It has been a long time since anyone taught me anything I did not know

254

1.12

0.99

0.5

−0.4

0.54

0.45

4

People turn against me or betray me

255

0.98

1.15

1.0

0.1

0.59

0.55

5

I admire people in order to feel secure

253

1.58

1.15

0.3

−0.7

0.59

0.57

6

I do things that at other times I think are not too wise

255

0.83

1.09

1.2

0.7

0.52

0.44

7

I have difficulty in seeing shortcomings in those I admire

255

0.36

0.70

1.9

2.4

0.45

0.44

8

I don’t get what I want

255

1.45

1.26

0.6

−0.6

0.64

0.56

9

I behave in contradictory ways

252

0.94

1.10

1.1

0.4

0.65

0.61

10

People are basically either good or bad

255

0.93

1.14

1.1

0.5

0.57

0.46

11

People use me

254

0.83

1.04

1.2

0.5

0.64

0.59

12

I act in unpredictable and erratic ways

255

1.50

1.21

0.4

−0.8

0.57

0.61

13

I have favourite people whom I idealise

254

1.84

1.30

0.1

−1.1

0.45

0.33

14

I do things that I later find hard to believe I did

255

1.65

1.09

0.4

−0.6

0.62

0.57

15

People either overwhelm me with love or abandon me

255

.72

1.03

1.4

1.2

0.67

0.60

16

I feel things with either joy or despair

255

1.24

1.21

0.8

−0.2

0.68

0.66

Identity diffusion

17

Others see me as quite different from the way I really am

254

0.79

1.14

1.3

0.5

0.63

0.64

18

I’m different at home than I am at work/school

255

1.34

1.30

0.6

−0.8

0.63

0.57

19

My tastes and opinions are borrowed from other people

255

0.94

1.13

1.1

0.3

0.61

0.62

20

I behave differently in different situations

255

1.40

1.15

0.5

−0.7

0.66

0.59

21

I fluctuate between being warm and cold

254

1.74

1.20

0.3

−0.7

0.70

0.63

22

I provoke people to get my way

254

0.51

0.88

1.6

1.8

0.52

0.59

23

I can’t explain the changes in my behaviour

253

1.13

1.14

0.8

−0.1

0.56

0.52

24

I do things on impulse that are socially unacceptable

252

1.15

1.06

0.6

−0.3

0.56

0.55

25

It’s hard for me to say no

253

1.53

1.37

0.4

−1.1

0.53

0.42

26

My life seems like a series of short stories

253

1.14

1.27

0.9

−0.1

0.49

0.41

27

I pick up interests and then drop them

253

1.27

1.23

0.7

−0.6

0.54

0.44

28

When others see me as having succeeded, I’m elated

254

1.80

1.31

0.2

−1.1

0.65

0.58

29

Important people suddenly change their attitudes towards me

254

2.33

1.39

−0.3

−1.2

0.65

0.53

30

It is hard for me to be sure about what others think of me

254

2.10

1.34

−0.1

−1.1

0.59

0.48

31

Being alone is difficult

254

1.30

1.23

0.5

−0.9

0.35

0.26

32

I see myself in different ways at different times

252

1.74

1.35

0.3

−1.1

0.69

0.65

33

In an intimate relationship, I’m afraid of losing a sense of myself

254

1.10

1.31

0.9

−0.3

0.68

0.67

34

My life goals change frequently

252

1.37

1.19

0.5

−0.7

0.60

0.55

35

My goals keep changing

248

1.46

1.28

0.5

−0.8

0.60

0.55

36

After being involved with people, I find out what they are really like

254

1.56

1.08

0.4

−0.2

0.68

0.63

37

People cannot guess how I’m going to behave

253

1.19

1.14

0.9

0.0

0.57

0.58

Reality testing

38

When everything is confused, I feel that way inside

254

1.62

1.22

0.4

−0.7

0.49

0.58

39

I am not sure whether a voice I have heard is my imagination

252

0.87

1.09

1.1

0.4

0.72

0.66

40

When I am confused, things in the outside world don’t make sense either

254

1.41

1.33

0.5

−0.1

0.62

0.64

41

I feel as if I’m someone else

254

0.58

0.92

1.5

1.3

0.65

0.62

42

I see things that turn out to be something else

254

0.76

1.05

1.2

0.6

0.66

0.59

43

When uncomfortable, I can’t tell whether it is emotional or physical

246

1.10

1.18

0.8

−0.3

0.60

0.59

44

I can see/hear things that nobody else can see/hear

248

0.50

0.84

1.8

2.8

0.61

0.49

45

I hear things that are not really there

248

0.42

0.84

2.1

3.7

0.61

0.46

46

I have heard or seen things without apparent reason

245

0.46

0.89

2.0

3.2

0.67

0.52

47

I do things to upset other people

246

0.65

0.97

1.4

1.3

0.63

0.49

48

I can’t tell whether certain physical sensations are real

246

0.53

0.95

1.7

2.2

0.77

0.61

49

My wishes/thoughts will come true as if by magic

247

0.71

1.02

1.4

1.0

60

0.50

50

People see me as rude or inconsiderate

248

0.46

0.84

2.0

3.9

0.66

0.55

51

I understand things that nobody else is able to understand

248

0.60

0.92

1.6

2.4

0.63

0.53

52

I cannot tell when certain things would appear crazy to others

247

0.60

0.95

1.7

2.5

0.66

0.56

53

I have seen things that do not exist

247

0.38

0.83

2.4

5.8

0.55

0.42

54

I feel as if I have been somewhere before when I really haven’t

248

1.36

1.22

0.6

−0.5

0.57

0.49

55

I can’t tell whether I simply want something to be true

246

0.57

0.98

1.9

3.0

0.79

0.63

56

Things will happen by thinking about them

246

0.59

0.96

1.7

2.5

0.56

0.47

57

I never know how to conduct myself with people

246

0.71

1.05

1.5

−0.7

0.71

0.64