Emotional Intelligence and Personality in Anxiety Disorders

Table 2

Descriptive statistics in the MCMI-II and the MSCEIT scales.

Variables				PDA		GAD		Statistics	value
Women	% ()	84.2 (123)		85 (68)		83.3 (55)
		Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Age		38.05	10.72	35.03	985	41.73	10.64	−3.994	.000^∗∗
Time of disorder progression		6.77	5.36	6.45	5.05	7.03	5.64	−.584	.560
STAI-T		37.73	10.4	36.33	11.24	38.85	9.63	−1.305	.195
PersD	1. Schizoid	76.69	26.30	75.45	28.25	74.14	23.96	−.604	.547
	2A. Avoidant	61.30	26.85	63.84	26.77	58.34	26.83	1.215	.226
	3. Dependent	79.14	28.84	78.09	29.82	80.37	27.82	−.466	.642
	4. Histrionic	51.09	32.93	50.53	32.77	51.75	33.36	−.220	.826
	5. Narcissistic	55.49	30.86	52.91	31.50	58.51	30.05	−1.075	.284
	6A. Antisocial	54.20	32.74	54.47	32.29	53.88	33.50	.108	.915
	6B. Aggressive	55.89	31.88	50.45	32.27	62.26	30.44	−2.224	.028^∗
	7. Compulsive	85.15	29.01	80.61	29.23	90.46	28.04	−2.033	.044^∗
	8A. Passive-Aggressive	55.40	27.41	53.58	28.19	57.54	26.52	−.854	.394
	8B. Self-Defeating	62.05	28.42	61.21	29.36	63.03	27.47	−.378	.706
	S. Schizotypal	67.33	25.82	67.91	25.72	66.65	26.11	.288	.774
	C. Borderline	61.34	25.90	61.39	25.98	61.28	26.00	.027	.979
	P. Paranoid	67.05	28.84	63.89	29.89	70.74	27.36	−1.409	.161
MSCEIT	Perceiving Emotions	94.21	15.22	95.65	15.84	92.45	14.35	1.256	.211
	Facilitating Thought	90.26	12.99	91.20	12.20	89.12	13.90	.956	.341
	Understanding Emotions	78.84	9.66	78.33	9.26	79.47	10.15	−.705	.482
	Managing Emotions	84.54	10.48	84.44	10.21	84.66	10.88	−.705	.482
	Experiential area	91.20	13.64	92.78	13.11	89.27	14.12	1.545	.125
	Strategic area	79.05	9.07	78.73	8.28	79.45	10.01	.470	.639
	EI coefficient	81.45	11.84	82.06	11.25	80.72	12.58	.673	.502

Significance value ^∗∗ < 0.010; ^∗ < 0.050.