Table 3 Correlations between the HTQ and validating measures in the total sample (n = 558) and HTQ differences across subsamples

PID Negative Affectivity

6.16

2.72

0.280

< 0.001

PID Detachment

5.30

2.63

0.087

0.039

PID Antagonism

4.32

2.86

0.040

0.345

PID Disinhibition

5.48

2.59

0.125

0.003

PID Psychoticism

5.51

2.81

0.126

0.003

NEO-FFI Neuroticism

23.72

5.62

0.369

< 0.001

NEO-FFI Extraversion

27.50

5.67

− 0.135

< 0.001

NEO-FFI Openness

24.61

4.45

0.003

0.941

NEO-FFI Agreeableness

28.65

5.00

− 0.094

0.026

NEO-FFI Conscientiousness

31.79

7.46

− 0.056

0.184

PDQ Paranoid

2.99

1.78

0.161

0.002

PDQ Schizoid

2.43

1.50

0.025

0.563

PDQ Schizotypal

2.91

1.96

0.049

0.248

PDQ Antisocial

1.78

1.72

0.004

0.917

PDQ Borderline

2.62

2.07

0.142

< 0.001

PDQ Narcissistic

2.81

1.79

0.044

0.299

PDQ Histrionic

2.59

1.62

0.146

< 0.001

PDQ Avoidant

2.03

1.67

0.189

< 0.001

PDQ Dependent

1.85

1.83

0.148

< 0.001

PDQ Obsessive-Compulsive

2.95

1.67

0.110

0.009

PDQ Negativistic

2.30

1.60

0.155

< 0.001

PDQ Depressive

2.48

1.73

0.222

< 0.001

PDQ Total

29.75

14.54

0.164

< 0.001

SCL90-R Depression

17.10

10.95

0.243

< 0.001

SCL90-R Interpersonal Sensitivity

10.76

7.09

0.252

< 0.001

ERQ Cognitive Reappraisal

27.31

6.12

− 0.048

0.257

ERQ Expressive Suppression

14.99

4.88

0.002

0.965

ERQ Total

42.30

9.33

− 0.031

0.472

HTQ*

47.74

17.59

 NPD (n = 194)

35.67

13.47

 BPD (n = 104)

60.49

15.24

 OPD (n = 260)

51.65

15.75