Table 2.
Analysis of interpersonal sensitivity measure scores by item across the patient group and the mood disorder subgroups
| Interpersonal Sensivitiy Measure items | Mean (standard deviation) |
Mean difference |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient group (N=837) | MDD (N=265) | BD I (N=126) | BD II (N=446) | MDD vs. BD I | MDD vs. BD II | BD I vs. BD II | ||
| 1 | I feel insecure when I say goodbye to people | 2.23 (0.95) | 2.13 (0.90) | 2.22 (0.98) | 2.29 (0.96) | -0.09 | -0.16* | -0.07 |
| 2 | I worry about the effect I have on other people | 2.73 (0.96) | 2.53 (0.97) | 2.59 (0.96) | 2.89 (0.92) | -0.06 | -0.36*** | -0.30** |
| 3 | I avoid saying what I think for fear of being rejected | 2.66 (0.96) | 2.58 (0.95) | 2.38 (0.96) | 2.79 (0.93) | 0.20 | -0.21 | -0.41*** |
| 4 | I feel uneasy meeting new people | 2.67 (0.98) | 2.72 (0.94) | 2.26 (1.01) | 2.75 (0.97) | 0.46*** | -0.03** | -0.49*** |
| 5 | If others knew the real me, they would not like me | 2.50 (1.05) | 2.27 (1.03) | 2.17 (1.03) | 2.73 (1.02) | 0.10 | -0.46*** | -0.56*** |
| 6 | I feel secure when I am in a close relationship | 3.09 (0.85) | 3.10 (0.82) | 3.24 (0.74) | 3.04 (0.89) | -0.14 | 0.06 | 0.20* |
| 7 | I do not get angry with people for fear that I may hurt them | 2.84 (0.91) | 2.89 (0.83) | 2.62 (0.96) | 2.88 (0.92) | 0.27** | 0.01 | -0.26** |
| 8 | After a fight with a friend, I feel uncomfortable until I have made peace | 3.41 (0.76) | 3.37 (0.80) | 3.17 (0.87) | 3.49 (0.68) | 0.20* | -0.12* | -0.32*** |
| 9 | I am always aware of how other people feel | 3.21 (0.85) | 3.10 (0.89) | 3.00 (0.91) | 3.33 (0.78) | 0.10 | -0.23*** | -0.33*** |
| 10 | I worry about being criticized for things that I have said or done | 3.08 (0.89) | 2.92 (0.90) | 2.82 (0.95) | 3.25 (0.84) | 0.10 | -0.33*** | -0.43*** |
| 11 | I always notice if someone doesn’t respond to me | 3.00 (0.89) | 2.92 (0.82) | 2.77 (1.00) | 3.11 (0.88) | 0.15 | -0.19* | -0.34*** |
| 12 | I worry about losing someone close to me | 2.89 (0.96) | 2.8 2(0.98) | 2.69 (1.01) | 2.99 (0.92) | 0.13 | -0.17* | -0.30** |
| 13 | I feel that people generally like me | 2.55 (0.76) | 2.55 (0.73) | 2.75 (0.76) | 2.49 (0.77) | -0.20* | 0.06 | 0.26** |
| 14 | I will do something I do not want to do rather than offend or upset someone | 2.19 (0.89) | 2.22 (0.85) | 2.19 (0.99) | 2.18 (0.87) | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.01 |
| 15 | I can only believe that something I have done is good when someone tells me it is | 2.22 (0.91) | 2.17 (0.89) | 2.00 (0.91) | 2.30 (0.92) | 0.17 | -0.13 | -0.30** |
| 16 | I will go out of my way to please someone I am close to | 2.68 (0.88) | 2.62 (0.85) | 2.63 (0.87) | 2.73 (0.89) | -0.01 | -0.11 | -0.10 |
| 17 | I feel anxious when I say goodbye to people | 2.15 (0.94) | 1.97 (0.85) | 2.13 (0.99) | 2.26 (0.96) | -0.16 | -0.29*** | -0.13 |
| 18 | I feel happy when someone compliments me | 3.37 (0.72) | 3.20 (0.78) | 3.49 (0.60) | 3.44 (0.69) | -0.29*** | -0.24*** | 0.05 |
| 19 | I fear that my feelings will overwhelm people | 2.75 (0.88) | 2.73 (0.87) | 2.54 (0.95) | 2.81 (0.87) | 0.19 | -0.08 | -0.27** |
| 20 | I can make other people feel happy | 2.59 (0.77) | 2.54 (0.76) | 2.85 (0.72) | 2.56 (0.78) | -0.31*** | -0.02 | 0.29*** |
| 21 | I find it hard to get angry with people | 2.80 (0.96) | 2.83 (0.94) | 2.60 (0.91) | 2.84 (0.97) | 0.23* | -0.01 | -0.24** |
| 22 | I worry about criticizing other people | 2.76 (0.89) | 2.77 (0.89) | 2.57 (0.93) | 2.81 (0.87) | 0.20* | -0.04 | -0.24** |
| 23 | If someone is critical of something I do, I feel bad | 3.42 (0.68) | 3.32 (0.73) | 3.36 (0.67) | 3.49 (0.65) | -0.04 | -0.17* | -0.13* |
| 24 | If other people knew what I am really like, they would think less of me | 2.48 (0.98) | 2.35 (0.98) | 2.24 (0.90) | 2.62 (0.98) | 0.11 | -0.27** | -0.38*** |
| 25 | I always expect criticism | 2.11 (0.95) | 1.91 (0.91) | 1.85 (0.89) | 2.31 (0.95) | 0.06 | -0.40*** | -0.46*** |
| 26 | I can never be really sure if someone is pleased with me | 2.51 (0.91) | 2.38 (0.90) | 2.30 (0.87) | 2.64 (0.90) | 0.08 | -0.26** | -0.34*** |
| 27 | I do not like people to really know me | 1.97 (0.91) | 1.82 (0.85) | 1.79 (0.89) | 2.11 (0.93) | 0.03 | -0.29*** | -0.32*** |
| 28 | If someone upsets me, I am not able to put it easily out of my mind | 3.20 (0.83) | 3.14 (0.81) | 2.89 (0.87) | 3.32 (0.80) | 0.25** | -0.18* | -0.43*** |
| 29 | I feel others do not understand me | 2.79 (0.92) | 2.64 (0.92) | 2.52 (1.03) | 2.96 (0.85) | 0.12 | -0.32*** | -0.44*** |
| 30 | I worry about what others think of me | 2.89 (0.98) | 2.67 (1.03) | 2.68 (1.01) | 3.09 (0.90) | -0.01 | -0.42*** | -0.41*** |
| 31 | I do not feel happy unless people I know admire me | 2.72 (0.93) | 2.49 (0.95) | 2.67 (0.99) | 2.87 (0.87) | -0.18 | -0.38*** | -0.20* |
| 32 | I am never rude to anyone | 2.75 (0.96) | 2.78 (0.96) | 2.62 (1.02) | 2.77 (0.94) | 0.16 | 0.01 | -0.15 |
| 33 | I worry about hurting the feelings of other people | 3.05 (0.82) | 2.99 (0.82) | 2.81 (0.96) | 3.15 (0.75) | 0.18 | -0.16* | -0.34*** |
| 34 | I feel hurt when someone is angry with me | 3.33 (0.75) | 3.24 (0.78) | 3.15 (0.80) | 3.43 (0.71) | 0.09 | -0.19** | -0.28*** |
| 35 | My value as a person depends enormously on what others think of me | 2.70 (0.93) | 2.54 (0.95) | 2.48 (1.02) | 2.87 (0.87) | 0.06 | -0.33*** | -0.39*** |
| 36 | I care about what people feel about me | 3.10 (0.84) | 2.89 (0.90) | 3.03 (0.86) | 3.25 (0.77) | -0.14 | -0.36*** | -0.22* |
*
p<0.05;
**
p<0.01;
***
p<0.001.
MDD, major depressive disorder; BD II, bipolar II disorder; BD I, bipolar I disorder