Exploring Personality Features in Patients with Affective Disorders and History of Suicide Attempts: A Comparative Study with Their Parents and Control Subjects

Table 2

Temperament and character dimensions among groups.

TCI features	Control (C); (𝑛=89)		Patients (P); (𝑛=49)		Parents (Pr); (𝑛=95)		Statistic	Post hoc comparisons*; 𝑃-value
	Mean	S.D.	Mean	S.D.	Mean	S.D.		C versus P	C versus Pr
Temperament
Novelty seeking	19.2	5.5	22.2	5.7	19.8	6.0	𝐹=4.3, df 2, 𝑃=0.01	0.01	1.00
Harm avoidance	13.6	6.6	18.8	6.1	17.0	4.7	𝐹=14.4, df 2, 𝑃<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Reward dependence	15.1	4.0	13.9	4.2	12.0	3.5	𝐹=4.4, df 2, 𝑃<0.001	0.21	<0.001
Persistence	4.9	1.7	3.9	2.4	4.0	2.0	𝐹=6.1, df 2, 𝑃=0.003	0.01	<0.001
Character
Self-directedness	32.9	7.6	22.3	7.9	25.0	10.2	𝐹=28.9, df 2, 𝑃<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Cooperativeness	31.9	6.1	22.3	7.0	23.4	9.6	𝐹=35.0, df 2, 𝑃<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Self-transcendence	17.0	6.6	16.1	5.5	15.3	5.7	𝐹=1.6, df 2, 𝑃=0.18	1.00	0.20

∗Bonferroni correction.