Table 5 Personality traits and the presence of depressive residual symptoms among individuals with major depressive disorder (N = 73)
Personality traits | Number (%) | Statistics | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
PHQ < 9 (n = 35) | PHQ ≥ 9 (n = 38) | |||
Neuroticism | t (71) = 6.38 | < 0.001* | ||
Mean (SD) | 18.3 (5.1) | 26.7 (6.1) | ||
Extraversion | t (71) = 1.43 | 0.157 | ||
Mean (SD) | 9.3 (2.7) | 8.4 (2.8) | ||
Agreeableness | Ranksum test | 0.477 | ||
Median (IQR) | 19 (16, 21) | 18 (17,20) | ||
Openness | t (71) = 0.71 | 0.482 | ||
Mean (SD) | 21.7 (3.6) | 21.1 (3.7) | ||
Conscientiousness | t (71) = 3.22 | 0.002* | ||
Mean (SD) | 30.7 (5.0) | 26.8 (5.1) | ||