Table 2.

Pearson coefficients indicating correlation between baseline TCI personality characteristics and baseline depression severity and between baseline TCI personality characteristics and improvement in depression

	Correlation with baseline Ham-D score	p	Correlation with percentage improvement in Ham-D scores	p
Harm avoidance	−0.24	0.32	0.11	0.66
Novelty seeking	0.24	0.32	−0.22	0.37
Reward dependence	0.10	0.68	−0.32	0.19
Persistence	0.03	0.89	0.55	0.015
Self-directedness	−0.65	0.0025	0.08	0.74
Cooperativeness	−0.06	0.82	−0.11	0.66
Self-transcendence	−0.07	0.77	0.40	0.093

TCI: Temperament and Character Inventory; Ham-D: Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression

Self-directedness was correlated with severity of baseline depression. Persistence demonstrated significant correlation with percentage improvement in Ham-D scores.