Personality traits and suicide attempts with and without psychiatric disorders: analysis of impulsivity and neuroticism

Table 3 Multivariate analysis of variance of EPQ and BIS scales

Dependent variable	Presence of psychiatric diagnosis	No psychiatric diagnosis	F	p
Score on suicide idea	39.84	33.10	2.41	0.09
Score on suicide risk	41.40	31.45	7.58	0.001
HAM-17	21.49	9.24	53.80	0.001
EPQP	60.74	57.93	1.31	0.27
EPQE	60.26	61.21	2.24	0.11
EPQN	55.86	47.43	7.15	0.001
EPQL	39.94	36.55	3.26	0.52
BIS “Non-Planning”	27.18	31.45	5.83	0.003
BIS “Motor Impulsiveness”	18.16	21.00	7.74	0.001
BIS “Attentional Impulsiveness”	13.28	12.69	0.91	0.41
BIS Overall Score	58.62	65.14	5.26	0.006

A covariate: LCUs HAM-17 Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression, BIS Barratt Impulsivity Scale, EPQ Eysenck Personality Questionaire psychoticism [P], extraversion [E], neuroticism [N] and lie (L) scale

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