Table 1.
Descriptive Statistics for Personality Traits at Ages 17, 24, and 29 Among MDD Groups
| MDD Group |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personality Trait |
Age | n | Never Depressed |
n | Adolescent-Onset, Remitting |
n | Adolescent-Onset, Chronic/Recurrent |
n | Adult-Onset, Remitting |
n | Adult-Onset, Chronic/Recurrent |
| 17 | 648 | 91.33 (12.75) | 83 | 97.08 (12.66) | 42 | 98.50 (14.81) | 91 | 97.10 (14.31) | 45 | 98.29 (15.72) | |
| NEM | 24 | 620 | 79.98 (12.78) | 75 | 84.84 (12.44) | 42 | 95.38 (15.69) | 86 | 84.74 (13.25) | 43 | 94.17 (17.17) |
| 29 | 696 | 78.07 (12.60) | 90 | 82.90 (12.43) | 46 | 95.39 (14.15) | 96 | 82.48 (13.69) | 46 | 88.47 (13.52) | |
| 17 | 648 | 124.16 (13.08) | 83 | 124.29 (14.10) | 42 | 115.62 (18.64) | 91 | 123.96 (15.15) | 45 | 121.16 (12.27) | |
| PEM | 24 | 620 | 125.37 (12.75) | 75 | 124.71 (12.19) | 42 | 114.69 (14.77) | 86 | 121.71 (13.51) | 43 | 115.87 (14.22) |
| 29 | 696 | 124.17 (12.95) | 90 | 123.54 (12.41) | 46 | 114.50 (14.39) | 96 | 123.16 (12.37) | 46 | 118.05 (15.70) | |
| 17 | 648 | 133.92 (15.39) | 83 | 130.60 (19.78) | 42 | 130.07 (19.89) | 91 | 136.03 (16.86) | 45 | 131.71 (17.33) | |
| CON | 24 | 620 | 141.21 (15.47) | 75 | 141.64 (17.29) | 42 | 140.87 (15.01) | 86 | 143.63 (14.74) | 43 | 137.87 (17.86) |
| 29 | 696 | 144.33 (15.36) | 90 | 144.31 (15.40) | 46 | 142.48 (17.60) | 96 | 145.98 (16.32) | 46 | 142.92 (14.96) | |
Note. Mean (standard deviation). MDD = Major Depressive Disorder. NEM = Negative Emotionality. PEM = Positive Emotionality.
CON = Constraint.