Table 2 Comparison of personality characteristic scores in TMD cases/controls
From: Personality traits and anxiety in patients with temporomandibular disorders
Studied groups | Statistics | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Personality characteristic scores | Case | Control | Mann–Whitney U P-value | ||||
Mean | Std. Dev | Ranking Mean | Mean | Std. Dev | Ranking Mean | ||
Demoralization | 59.18 | 6.63 | 151.80 | 54.36 | 6.01 | 107.20 | 5443.500 < 0.0001 |
Somatic Complaints | 58.89 | 8.58 | 154.21 | 52.99 | 9.05 | 104.79 | 5132.500 < 0.0001 |
Low Positive Emotions | 58.79 | 9.66 | 144.49 | 54.58 | 8.13 | 114.51 | 6387.000 0.001 |
Cynicism | 59.43 | 7.60 | 137.92 | 58.23 | 5.50 | 121.08 | 7234.000 0.050 |
Ideas of Persecution | 63.15 | 13.25 | 143.78 | 59.48 | 4.37 | 115.22 | 6478.500 0.002 |
Dysfunctional Negative Emotions | 59.12 | 8.22 | 138.74 | 56.65 | 6.54 | 120.26 | 7129.000 0.045 |
Aberrant Experiences | 58.49 | 10.64 | 124.61 | 59.15 | 7.04 | 134.39 | 7690.000 0.287 |
Hypomanic Activation | 51.03 | 7.83 | 111.43 | 54.17 | 5.10 | 147.57 | 5989.000 < 0.0001 |
Antisocial Behavior | 49.02 | 7.16 | 146.02 | 45.91 | 4.73 | 112.98 | 6189.500 < 0.0001 |