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Table 4 Personality dimensions, depression, and the influence of age and gender

From: Relation between personality dimensions and symptomatology of depression in skin cancer patients

  

Gender

Age (years)

Female

Male

30–59

60–90

Measure

Media ± SD

Median

Media ± SD

Median

Media ± SD

Median

Media ± SD

Median

Depression total score

39.8 ± 11.7 **‡

37.5

29.3 ± 5.5

29.0

38.7 ± 12.6

37.0

34.18 ± 10.1

33.0†

EPQ-R scores

Extraversion

12.1 ± 4.4‡

13.0

11.1 ± 5.1

11.0

11.2 ± 4.8

10.0

11.8 ± 4.7‡

13.0

Neuroticism

14.8 ± 5.9

16.0*†

8.0 ± 5.3

8.0

11.9 ± 8.5

11.5

11.7 ± 6.1‡

10.0

Psychoticism

7.5 ± 2.4‡

7.0

6.2 ± 2.7

6.0

6.3 ± 2.4

6.5

7.1 ± 2.7‡

7.0

Lie

14.4 ± 3.1

14.5†

14.1 ± 2.5

15.0

12.5 ± 3.4

12.5

14.7 ± 2.4

15.0*†

  1. Notes: SD Standard deviation; † Mann–Whitney U test, ‡ Student’s t-test; *p < .05, **p < .01