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Table 2 Results of ANCOVAs on the SSP scales in patients diagnosed with bipolar disorder I (BD I), patients with bipolar disorder II (BD II), and healthy controls (HC)

From: Personality traits in bipolar disorder and influence on outcome

 

F(2,(df))

p

Partial Ƞ 2

Pairwise Comparisonsa

Neuroticism

 Embitterment

30.35 (247)

0.000

0.20

HC < BD I, BD II

 Stress susceptibility

26.7 (247)

0.000

0.18

HC < BD I, BD II

 Somatic trait anxiety

17.54 (247)

0.000

0.13

HC < BD I, BD II

 Psychic trait anxiety

25.19 (247)

0.000

0.20

HC < BD I, BD II

 Mistrust

7.94 (247)

0.000

0.06

HC < BD I, BD II

 Lack of assertiveness

0.90 (247)

0.410

0.01

-

Aggressiveness

 Trait irritability

14.18 (248)

0.000

0.10

HC < BD I, BD II

 Verbal trait aggression

6.65 (248)

0.002

0.05

HC < BD I, BD II

 Physical trait aggression

3.45 (248)

0.033

0.03

HC < BD I, BD II

 Social desirability

2.49 (248)

0.085

0.02

HC > BD I

Disinhibition

 Impulsiveness

19.66 (248)

0.000

0.14

HC < BD I, BD II

 Adventure seeking

5.12 (248)

0.007

0.04

HC < BD I, BD II

 Detachment

1.56 (248)

0.211

0.01

-

  1. a No adjustment of alpha levels. The mean difference is significant at the .05 level