Table 2: Total HCL-32 score and subscales scores: descriptive statistics.

  Total Sample N=420 Hypomanic Group N=242 Non-Hypomanic Group N=178
Total HCL-32 score      
Mean 12.95 17.34 6.99
Standard deviation  6.23  3.87 3.05
Active/Elated Hypomania Score      
Mean 8.01 11.27 3.57
Standard deviation 4.90 3.11 3.05
Irritable/Risk-Taking Hypomania Score      
Mean 2.53 2.87 2.06
Standard deviation 1.95 2.03 1.73
HCL-32 individual items, N (%)      
Item 1: Need less sleep 135 (32.14) 103 (42.56) 32 (17.98)
Item 2: More energetic and active 257 (61.19) 199 (82.23) 58 (32.58)
Item 3: More self-confident 264 (62.86) 202 (83.47) 62 (34.83)
Item 4: Enjoy the work more 225 (53.57) 179 (73.97) 46 (25.84)
Item 5: More sociable 242 (57.62) 195 (80.58) 47 (26.40)
Item 6: Want and/or do travel more 154 (36.67) 135 (55.79) 19 (10.67)
Item 7: Drive faster 58 (13.81) 46 (19.01) 12 (6.74)
Item 8: Spend too much money 90 (21.43) 80 (33.06) 10 (5.62)
Item 9: More risks in daily life 75 (17.86) 62 (25.62) 13 (7.30)
Item 10: Phisically more active 200 (47.62) 169 (69.83) 31 (17.42)
Item 11: Plan more activities or projects 222 (52.86) 177 (73.14) 45 (25.28)
Item 12: More creative 230 (54.76) 186 (76.86) 44 (24.72)
Item 13: Less shy 227 (54.05) 172 (71.07) 55 (30.90)
Item 14: More colorful clothes/make-up 96 (22.86) 90 (37.19) 6 (3.37)
Item 15: Meet more people 208 (49.52) 174 (71.90) 34 (19.10)
Item 16: More interested in sex/sexual desire 168 (40.00) 144 (59.50) 24 (13.48)
Item 17: More flirtatious and/or sexually active 113 (26.90) 107 (44.21) 6 (3.37)
Item 18: Talk more 253 (60.24) 200 (82.64) 53 (29.78)
Item 19: Think faster 226 (53.81) 173 (71.49) 53 (29.78)
Item 20: More jokes or puns 180 (42.86) 157 (64.88) 23 (12.92)
Item 21: More easily distracted 203 (48.33) 125 (51.65) 78 (43.82)
Item 22: Engaged in new things 112 (26.67) 106 (43.80) 6 (3.37)
Item 23: Thoughts jumping from topic to topic 175 (41.67) 108 (44.63) 67 (37.64)
Item 24: Do things more quickly/easy 192 (45.71) 163 (67.36) 29 (16.29)
Item 25: More impatient/irritable 218 (51.90) 123 (50.83) 95 (53.37)
Item 26: Exausting/irritating for others 168 (40.00) 101 (41.74) 67 (37.64)
Item 27: Get into more quarrels 102 (24.29) 68 (28.10) 34 (19.10)
Item 28: More optimistic 257 (61.19) 197 (81.40) 60 (33.71)
Item 29: Drink more coffee 141 (33.57) 102 (42.15) 39 (21.91)
Item 30: Smoke more cigarettes 101 (24.05) 63 (26.03) 38 (21.35)
Item 31: Drink more alcohol 55 (13.10) 42 (17.36) 13 (7.30)
Item 32: Take more drugs 93 (22.14) 48 (19.83) 45 (25.28)