Personality differences in early versus late suicide attempters

BMC Psychiatry

Table 7 Correlations of TCI scales and BIS to HAM-D17 (N = 114)

Scale	Pearson’s correlation coefficient	p for two-sided significance
Novelty seeking	0.073	0.514
Harm avoidance	0.451	0.023
Reward dependence	0.058	0.607
Persistence	0.108	0.333
Self-directedness	0.156	0.16
Cooperativeness	0.149	0.183
Self-transcendence	−0.006	0.956
TCI subscale (impulsivity)	0.057	0.546
BIS overall score	0.14	0.136
BIS “Non-Planning”	0.003	0.975
BIS “Motor Impulsiveness”	0.144	0.127
BIS “Attentional Impulsiveness”	0.173	0.066

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