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. 2024 Mar 5;14:134. doi: 10.1038/s41398-024-02843-w

Table 2.

Comparison of the psychological indicators in participants having MDD and NSSI with SAs and those without SAs.

Psychological indicators NSSI + SA (n = 80, 61.54%) Mean ± SD NSSI (n = 50, 38.46%) Mean ± SD t-test P value
DSQ Immature defense 5.63 (1.13) 5.49 (1.15) 0.492
Mature defense 4.85 (1.24) 5.04 (0.97) 0.365
Intermediate defense 4.92 (0.82) 4.94 (0.70) 0.920
CSQ Trouble-shooting 0.45 (0.26) 0.50 (0.23) 0.307
Rationalization 0.50 (0.19) 0.51 (0.21) 0.815
Self-accusation 0.80 (0.17) 0.77 (0.18) 0.387
Help-seeking 0.33 (0.22) 0.43 (0.24) 0.022
Fantasy 0.62 (0.18) 0.60 (0.20) 0.437
Withdraw 0.68 (0.18) 0.67 (0.18) 0.747
EPQ Psychoticism (P) 59.49 (11.82) 56.56 (10.55) 0.158
Internal and external propensity scale (E) 41.16 (15.41) 44.94 (10.15) 0.097
Neuroticism (N) 68.91 (6.88) 69.34 (5.88) 0.718
BDI-II Depression 34 (11.06) 32.52 (10.51) 0.450
BIS-11 BIS-11 total scores 76.51 (13.05) 71.90 (11.29) 0.043
Attentional impulsiveness (AI) 21.45 (4.75) 19.84 (3.92) 0.049
Motor impulsiveness (MI) 25.06 (5.25) 23.88 (4.89) 0.206
Non-planning impulsiveness (NI) 30 (5.77) 27.9 (5.14) 0.039
STAI State anxiety 60.13 (11.17) 58.84 (11.93) 0.545
Trait anxiety 61.95 (8.62) 60 (9.44) 0.232

STAXI-2

Trait anger

Trait anger (TA) 28.53 (6.81) 27.34 (6.49) 0.331
Angry reaction (TA-R) 11.48 (3.14) 11.3 (2.87) 0.752
Anger temperament (TA-T) 11.91 (3.48) 11.34 (3.43) 0.364

STAXI-2

Status anger

State anger (SA) 28.78 (14.67) 24.58 (10.73) 0.065
Anger feeling (SA-F) 10.45 (5.15) 8.98 (3.80) 0.066
Anger verbally (SA-V) 9.68 (5.30) 8.36 (4.01) 0.114
Anger physically (SA-P) 8.65 (4.86) 7.24 (3.66) 0.065

STAXI-2

Anger expression

Anger expression-in (AX-I) 23.1 (4.16) 22.78 (5.02) 0.709
Anger expression-out (AX-O) 17.46 (5.20) 16.74 (4.26) 0.414
Anger control-in (AC-I) 19.05 (5.59) 19.36 (4.46) 0.743
Anger control-out (AC-O) 19.88 (5.39) 20.76 (4.52) 0.339
BSL-23 Borderline symptom (BSL-23) 54.1 (23.24) 50.38 (21.42) 0.366
CTQ CTQ total scores 57 (15.33) 55.94 (14.69) 0.700
Physical abuse 9.14 (5.06) 8.16 (4.29) 0.262
Emotional abuse 13.9 (5.18) 12.9 (5.12) 0.288
Sexual abuse 6.19 (2.88) 7.02 (2.85) 0.113
Physical neglect 10.90 (4.16) 10.70 (4.20) 0.793
Emotional neglect 16.86 (4.64) 17.16 (4.28) 0.717
DERS DERS total scores 122.29 (24.75) 118.66 (22.14) 0.403
Awareness 20.45 (4.52) 19.74 (5.00) 0.409
Clarity 14.65 (4.46) 13.04 (3.78) 0.037
Non-acceptance 18.66 (6.56) 18 (5.75) 0.561
Impulse 20.35 (6.28) 19.04 (5.91) 0.242
Goals 19.73 (4.11) 19.3 (3.86) 0.562
Strategies 28.45 (7.29) 29.54 (7.20) 0.410

MDD Major depressive disorder, NSSI+SA adolescent major depressive disorder with non-suicidal self-injury and suicide attempts, NSSI adolescent major depressive disorder with non-suicidal self-injury.