Research Article
Temperament, Character, and Adolescents' Depressive Symptoms: Focusing on Affect
Table 3
Mean (±SD) scores for temperament, character, and locus of control among affective profiles.
| | Self-fulfilling | High affective | Low affective | Self-destructive | (high PA and low NA) | (high PA and high NA) | (low PA and low NA) | (low PA and high NA) |
| Novelty seeking | 56.06 ± 1.45 | 56.34 ± 1.58 | 55.37 ± 1.51 | 54.31 ± 1.53 | Harm avoidance | 33.22 ± 1.79 | 42.92 ± 1.35▲ | 45.19 ± 1.80▲ | 54.97 ± 1.93▲ | Reward dependence | 53.31 ± 1.48 | 56.58 ± 1.61▲ | 52.17 ± 1.55 | 57.06 ± 1.72▲ | Persistence | 59.38 ± 2.52* | 53.31 ± 2.72 | 43.50 ± 2.47 | 44.11 ± 2.41 | Self-directedness | 65.62 ± 1.45* | 58.02 ± 1.27 | 60.43 ± 1.73 | 48.30 ± 1.57 | Cooperativeness | 69.37 ± 1.39* | 67.13 ± 1.54 | 65.95 ± 1.59 | 63.05 ± 1.68 | Self-transcendence | 39.42 ± 1.87 | 48.61 ± 1.78● | 34.77 ± 1.61 | 41.76 ± 1.73 | External locus of control | 7.11 ± 2.15 | 9.21 ± 2.33 | 7.25 ± 2.56 | 14.49 ± 2.32▲ | Internal locus of control | 12.71 ± 2.37 | 12.65 ± 2.88 | 12.41 ± 2.59 | 12.02 ± 2.46 |
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, *higher than the other three groups, ▲higher than self-fulfilling, ●higher than low affective.
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