Personality differences in early versus late suicide attempters

BMC Psychiatry

Table 5 Multivariate analysis of variance of TCI scales

Dependent variable	SA early (mean ± SD)	SA late (mean ± SD)	F(2,111)	p	Partielles Eta-Quadrat	Cohen’s d
Novelty seeking	19.26 ± 4,3	19.84 ± 5,4	0.19	0,830	0.003	0.125
Harm avoidance	18.94 ± 3,2	12.55 ± 4,3	22.13	<0,001	0.285	1.806
Reward dependence	12.5 ± 2,5	14.81 ± 3,5	7.71	0,001	0.122	0.821
Persistence	3.38 ± 1,4	4.41 ± 1,8	5.37	0,006	0.088	0.677
Self-directedness	22.43 ± 5,2	24.38 ± 4,2	1.75	0,179	0.031	0.394
Cooperativeness	22.36 ± 3,3	21.22 ± 3,6	1.74	0,181	0.030	0.337
Self-transcendence	11.15 ± 5	11.16 ± 4,3	0.05	0,954	0.001	0.002
Subscale impulsivity	5.92 ± 1.91	4.21 ± 2.85	7.35	0,001	0.117	0.774

Abbreviations: SA suicide attempt, SD standard deviation
p: significance of corrected model with groups as factor and HAMD17 as covariate
group as factor: F(7, 105) = 9,427; Pillai’s trace = 0,386; Wilk’s lambda = 0,614; p < 0,001
HAMD17 as covariate: F(7, 105) = 1,120; Pillai’s trace = 0,069; Wilk’s lambda = 0,936; p = 0,356
d.f. degrees of freedom = 2

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