Table 5. Correlation between defensive styles and symptomatology.
| Defensive styles (DSQ-40) | Symptomatology (BSI) | |||||||||
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| ANX | SOM | PSY | PAR | OC | HOS | PHOA | DEP | IS | GSI | |
| Mature | -0.32** | -0.17* | -0.32** | -0.27** | - 0.33** | -0.32** | -0.28** | -0.44** | -0.39** | -0.39** |
| Neurotic | 0.30** | 0.22** | 0.31** | 0.31** | 0.29** | 0.15* | 0.13 | 0.25** | 0.31** | 0.32** |
| Immature | 0.53** | 0.43** | 0.60** | 0.60** | 0.58** | 0.51** | 0.35** | 0.61** | 0.61** | 0.65** |
ANX = anxiety; BSI = Brief Symptom Inventory; DEP = depression; DSQ-40 = Defensive Style Questionnaire; GSI = General Severity Index; HOS = hostility; IS = interpersonal sensitivity; OC = obsession-compulsion; PAR = paranoid ideation; PHOA = phobic anxiety; PSY = psychoticism; SOM = somatization.
** = < 0.01.
* = < 0.05.