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Table 4 Means, Standard Deviations (M SE ) on the STQ-77 scales and effects of factorial ANOVA (factors Age and Sex) in the Control group, N = 291

From: There is more to mental illness than negative affect: comprehensive temperament profiles in depression and generalized anxiety

STQ

Age < 25

N = 74

Age 25–45

N = 88

Age 46–65

N = 70

Age 66–85

N = 59

Effect of Age

Males

N = 128

Females

N = 163

Effect of Sex

Scales

M SE

M SE

M SE

M SE

F (3,283)

η 2

M SE

M SE

F (1,283)

η 2

ERM

15.97 .45

16.17 .41

15.88 .43

15.66 .59

0.55

.006

16.77 .34

15.30 .30

11.85***

.040

TMM

16.61 .39

16.57 .38

15.09 .39

14.67 .46

7.11***

.070

16.13 .31

15.61 .27

3.08

.011

SS

16.42 .39

14.88 .36

12.79 .37

12.38 .42

24.60***

.207

14.64 .31

13.96 .29

6.02

.021

ERS

18.11 .37

16.85 .37

16.56 .43

15.73 .41

4.93**

.050

16.66 .31

17.04 .29

.119

.000

TMS

16.73 .36

16.11 .35

15.06 .42

14.20 .37

7.59***

.074

14.84 .28

16.24 .26

9.06**

.031

EMP

16.47 .42

16.73 .32

16.20 .40

15.98 .41

0.67

.007

16.20 3.24

16.80 3.54

2.38

.008

ERI

16.12 .40

16.84 .31

16.40 .37

14.92 .42

4.33**

.044

15.87 .26

16.40 .27

0.52

.002

PL

15.35 .32

15.76 .34

16.26 .37

15.80 .34

1.06

.011

15.64 .24

15.90 .25

0.39

.001

PRO

16.64 .36

16.87 .33

17.36 .43

15.80 .47

2.89*

.030

16.09 .25

15.82 .25

3.02

.010

SLF

15.85 .31

15.86 .36

15.86 .35

16.25 .43

0.15

.002

16.12 2.75

16.01 3.33

0.80

.003

IMP

14.62 .37

14.86 .34

14.60 .44

15.39 .43

0.65

.007

15.19 .28

14.57 .27

1.72

.006

NEU

15.22 .40

15.56 .31

15.44 .35

16.73 .46

3.19*

.046

15.55 .26

15.78 .27

1.37

.005

  1. Zeros at η2 values are omitted
  2. * - p < 0.05, ** - p < 0.01, *** - p < 0.001