Research Article

Personality Profiles Identify Depressive Symptoms over Ten Years? A Population-Based Study

Table 2

Pairwise comparison of depressive symptom scores between groups of various temperament and character profiles.

BDI_M 1997BDI_M 2001BDI_M 2007BDI-II 2007
MD MD MD MD

Novelty Seeking
NHR versus nHR.283.000.140.152.159.1102.074.002
NHr versus nHr.101.207.146.163.211.0531.728.021
NhR versus nhR.137.087.149.129.196.048.424.534
Nhr versus nhr.247.002.209.040.136.000.549.444
Harm Avoidance
NHR versus NhR1.072.000.719.000.786.0004.912.000
NHr versus Nhr.905.000.737.000.667.0003.420.000
nHR versus nhR.926.000.728.000.823.0003.262.000
nHr versus nhr1.051.000.800.000.593.0002.241.000
Reward Dependence
NHR versus NHr−.152.084−.225.048−.050.672.831.307
NhR versus Nhr−.319.000−.207.028−.169.088−.660.331
nHR versus nHr−.334.000−.219.014.001.993.485.441
nhR versus nhr−.210.015−.147.172−.229.032−.536.465
Self-directedness
SCT versus sCT−.968.000−.766.000−.456.000−2.480.000
SCt versus sCt−1.146.000−.798.000−.725.000−3.515.000
ScT versus scT−.944.000−.684.000−.608.000−2.487.007
Sct versus sct−1.076.000−.837.000−.744.000−3.537.000
Cooperativeness
SCT versus ScT−.328.001−.239.040−.215.100−.967.290
SCt versus Sct−.355.000−.203.033−.245.012−.535.433
sCT versus scT−.305.000−.157.096−.367.000−.975.150
sCt versus sct−.286.002−.242.040−.264.031−.558.515
Self-transcendence
SCT versus SCt.244.000.162.040.289.0001.133.046
ScT versus Sct.217.033.197.125.259.0681.564.116
sCT versus sCt.066.510.129.311.020.875.098.915
scT versus sct.085.162.044.588.123.149.514.388

BDI_M = modified Beck's depression index; BDI = original Beck's depression index Comparisons based on LSD-adjusted marginal means in ANOVA.
Results are adjusted for sex and cohort.
NHR = sensitive; NHr = explosive; NhR = passionate; Nhr = adventurous; nHR = cautious; nHr = methodical; nhR = reliable; nhr = independent.
SCT = creative; SCt = organized; ScT = fanatical; Sct = autocratic; sCT = moody; sCt = dependent; scT = disorganized; sct = depressive.