Tab.3 One-Way Anlysis of Variance of TCI’s domain mean scores (SD in parentheses) with significance levels and Bonferroni post-hoc comparaisons.
Group TCI Domains BD1 (n.70) BD2 (n.51) MDD (n.60) Significance
level Bonferroni Test* Novelty Seeking 99,86 (12,625) 101,16 (14,514) 94,22 (13,753) 0,014* BD1>MDD BD2>MDD Harm Avoidance 99,60 ( 18,776) 104,49 (19,972) 114,87 (20,260) 0,0005* MDD>BD1 MDD>BD2 Reward Dependence 97,26 (17,305) 96,28 (17,696) 96,52 (13,333) 0,365 Persistence 105,81 (20,854) 100,45 (23,105) 101,60 (23,040) 0,030* BD1>MDD Self Directedness 131,40 (19,585) 125,39 (23,318) 122,07 (18,010) 0,578 Cooperativeness 128,10 (20,264) 127,96 (20,274) 128,75 (12,049) 0,968 Self-Trascendence 70,16 (16,829) 68,10 (17,701) 71,48 (16,641) 0,578
* mean difference is significant at 0,05 level BD1= Bipolar Disorder type 1
BD2= Bipolar Disorder type 2 MDD =Major Depressive Disorder