Table 2 Pearson’s correlation coefficients of 16PF and dysfunctional attitudes and subtypes in the MDD group (n = 168)

DAS Total score

-

Vulnerability

0.74^*

-

Attraction and repulsion

0.77^*

0.52^*

-

Perfectionism

0.73^*

0.55^*

0.44^*

-

Compulsion

0.62^*

0.40^*

0.40^*

0.46^*

-

Seeking applause

0.73^*

0.41^*

0.53^*

0.47^*

0.34^*

-

Dependence

0.74^*

0.48^*

0.56^*

0.50^*

0.37^*

0.50^*

-

Self-determination attitude

0.74^*

0.58^*

0.49^*

0.56^*

0.41^*

0.43^*

0.47^*

-

Cognition philosophy

0.33

0.12

0.19^*

− 0.06

0.07

0.26^*

0.17^*

0.05

-

A

− 0.15^*

− 0.14^*

− 0.04

− 0.17

− 0.05

− 0.13

− 0.01

− 0.13^*

− 0.12

-

B

− 0.08

− 0.04

− 0.14^*

− 0.03

− 0.23^*

− 0.08

0.01

0.06

0.01

− 0.01

-

C

− 0.35^*

− 0.24^*

− 0.28^*

− 0.26^*

− 0.07

− 0.30^*

− 0.27^*

− 0.23^*

− 0.20^*

0.34^*

− 0.16^*

-

E

− 0.04

0.01

0.01

− 0.15^*

0.01

− 0.03

− 0.03

− 0.03

0.01

− 0.03

− 0.16^*

0.26^*

-

F

− 0.09

0.02

− 0.02

− 0.11

0.02

− 0.07

− 0.02

− 0.17^*

− 0.09

0.22^*

− 0.04

0.34^*

0.52^*

-

G

− 0.22^*

0.15^*

− 0.24^*

− 0.15^*

− 0.17

− 0.24^*

− 0.06

− 0.10

-0.14^*

0.30^*

− 0.01

0.28^*

0.04

0.12

-

H

− 0.17^*

0.08

− 0.06

− 0.12

− 0.16^*

− 0.11

− 0.13^*

− 0.14^*

− 0.14^*

0.12

− 0.08

0.38^*

0.36^*

0.45^*

0.15

-

I

0.07

0.11

0.01

0.02

− 0.01

0.09

0.03

0.03

0.12

− 0.01

0.26^*

− 0.11

− 0.03

0.05

0.04

− 0.01

-

L

0.16^*

0.16^*

0.11

0.07

0.06

0.18^*

0.15^*

0.04

0.12

0.03

− 0.03

− 0.17^*

0.05

− 0.05

0.01

− 0.19^*

0.03

-

M

− 0.12

0.08

0.07

− 0.19^*

− 0.02

− 0.11

− 0.02

− 0.17^*

0.04

0.25^*

− 0.02

0.17^*

0.13

0.27^*

− 0.01

0.08

0.12

− 0.17^*

-

N

− 0.04

− 0.04

− 0.10

− 0.03

− 0.07

− 0.04

0.03

− 0.02

0.04

− 0.07

0.01

− 0.03

0.15

0.10

0.02

0.04

− 0.03

− 0.06

− 0.01

-

O

0.40^*

0.21^*

0.28^*

0.23^*

0.17^*

0.31^*

0.30^*

0.29^*

0.35^*

− 0.12

0.09

− 0.37^*

− 0.06

− 0.30^*

0.01

− 0.24^*

0.21^*

0.20^*

− 0.24^*

− 0.02

-

Q1

− 0.08

− 0.10

0.03

− 0.06

− 0.08

-0.12

− 0.01

− 0.04

− 0.08

0.28^*

− 0.01

0.08

0.01

0.03

0.06

0.07

− 0.10

0.00

0.19^*

− 0.06

− 0.01

-

Q2

− 0.03

0.01

0.01

0.01

− 0.07

− 0.04

− 0.17^*

0.04

0.01

− 0.24^*

0.15

− 0.21^*

− 0.28^*

− 0.19^*

− 0.04

− 0.15

0.10

− 0.03

0.01

− 0.07

− 0.08

− 0.01

-

Q3

− 0.13

− 0.01

− 0.17^*

− 0.09

− 0.15^*

− 0.14^*

− 0.12

0.10

− 0.11

0.04

0.12

0.24^*

0.04

0.03

0.25^*

0.25^*

− 0.02

− 0.03

− 0.05

− 0.01

− 0.19^*

− 0.02

− 0.03

-

Q4

0.30^*

0.14^*

0.19^*

0.13^*

0.24^*

0.28^*

0.18^*

0.17^*

0.25^*

− 0.34^*

− 0.08

− 0.25^*

0.03

− 0.21^*

− 0.13

− 0.28^*

0.11

0.20^*

− 0.28^*

0.04

0.49^*

− 0.15

− 0.10

− 0.13