Research Article

Association between Cognitive Distortion, Type D Personality, Family Environment, and Depression in Chinese Adolescents

Table 2

Comparison of LOT, DS, and FES between two groups .

FactorDepression
( )
Normal controls
( )

Optimism7.62 ± 3.2012.02 ± 2.07−11.59.000
Pessimism7.54 ± 1.986.59 ± 1.883.37.001
LOT-total14.21 ± 3.7419.56 ± 2.76−11.45.000
Negative affective14.83 ± 6.185.89 ± 4.5511.60.000
Social-Inhibition14.90 ± 6.048.52 ± 5.167.92.000
DS-Total29.72 ± 11.2914.41 ± 8.3610.85.000
Cohesion5.56 ± 2.667.44 ± 1.81−5.83.000
Expressiveness4.23 ± 1.865.13 ± 1.75−2.59.011
Conflict4.48 ± 2.783.17 ± 1.973.84.000
Independence5.08 ± 1.584.84 ± 1.541.06.291
Achievement5.66 ± 1.715.81 ± 1.55−0.65.518
Intellectual-Cultural3.23 ± 1.964.39 ± 1.96−4.08.000
Active-Recreational2.98 ± 2.204.74 ± 2.23−5.51.000
Moral-Religious4.52 ± 1.695.24 ± 1.39−3.25.001
Organization4.86 ± 1.875.94 ± 1.85−4.00.000
Control3.14 ± 1.803.36 ± 1.85−0.84.403

Note: statistical significance was set at .