Table 2.

Comparison of personality characteristic scores in TMD cases/controls

Studied groups							Statistics
Personality characteristic scores	Case			Control			Mann–Whitney U P-value
	Mean	Std. Dev	Ranking Mean	Mean	Std. Dev	Ranking Mean
Demoralization	59.18	6.63	151.80	54.36	6.01	107.20	5443.500  < 0.0001
Somatic Complaints	58.89	8.58	154.21	52.99	9.05	104.79	5132.500  < 0.0001
Low Positive Emotions	58.79	9.66	144.49	54.58	8.13	114.51	6387.000 0.001
Cynicism	59.43	7.60	137.92	58.23	5.50	121.08	7234.000 0.050
Ideas of Persecution	63.15	13.25	143.78	59.48	4.37	115.22	6478.500 0.002
Dysfunctional Negative Emotions	59.12	8.22	138.74	56.65	6.54	120.26	7129.000 0.045
Aberrant Experiences	58.49	10.64	124.61	59.15	7.04	134.39	7690.000 0.287
Hypomanic Activation	51.03	7.83	111.43	54.17	5.10	147.57	5989.000  < 0.0001
Antisocial Behavior	49.02	7.16	146.02	45.91	4.73	112.98	6189.500  < 0.0001