Table 4.
Mean, SD, F scores of MMPI-2 for both groups of 125 participants
Variable | NSA (N=83) | SA (N=42) | F | p-value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Validity scale | ||||
VRIN | 41.94±8.11 | 43.00±7.98 | 0.933 | 0.396 |
TRIN | 55.13±4.54 | 56.62±5.45 | 1.294 | 0.278 |
F | 59.33±14.43 | 61.64±12.00 | 3.775 | 0.026 |
F(B) | 60.78±14.46 | 66.29±10.06 | 6.247 | 0.003 |
F(P) | 51.06±11.39 | 53.90±9.45 | 3.071 | 0.050 |
L | 41.02±6.55 | 44.24±8.28 | 7.102 | 0.001 |
K | 40.48±8.51 | 38.67±6.37 | 2.195 | 0.116 |
S | 39.83±9.24 | 37.79±7.29 | 3.374 | 0.037 |
Clinical scale | ||||
Hypochondriasis | 58.43±11.51 | 61.55±10.69 | 1.890 | 0.155 |
Depression | 66.37±14.28 | 64.76±12.38 | 0.765 | 0.468 |
Hysteria | 59.01±9.40 | 60.36±8.23 | 0.809 | 0.448 |
Psychopathic deviate | 65.42±11.78 | 62.33±10.72 | 1.659 | 0.195 |
Masculinity-femininity | 50.40±11.49 | 49.26±9.61 | 6.613 | 0.002 |
Paranoia | 64.28±16.01 | 67.43±14.29 | 3.804 | 0.025 |
Psychasthenia | 65.30±15.39 | 67.60±11.91 | 4.720 | 0.011 |
Schizophrenia | 62.70±14.68 | 65.26±11.48 | 3.853 | 0.024 |
Hypomania | 54.23±11.50 | 57.48±12.57 | 2.522 | 0.084 |
Social introversion | 61.93±15.26 | 62.17±13.87 | 2.143 | 0.122 |
Values are presented as mean±SD. MMPI-2: Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2, SD: standard deviation, NSA: non-suicide attempters, SA: suicide attempters, VRIN: variable response inconsistency, TRIN: true response inconsistency, F: infrequency, F(B): back infrequency, F(P): infrequency psychopathology, L: lie, K: correction, S: superlative self-presentation