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Table 2 Correlations between TCI-140 and Behavioral Addiction Scale scores for bipolar patients and comparison subjects

From: Behavioral addictions in euthymic patients with bipolar I disorder: a comparison to controls

TCI scale

Harmful addictions

Benign addictions

 

Patients

Controls

Patients

Controls

Novelty Seeking

0.33*

0.32*

0.22

0.20

Harm Avoidance

−0.14

−0.07

−0.21

0.12

Reward Dependence

−0.09

0.16

0.26

0.01

Persistence

0.11

0.13

0.32*

0.12

Self-directedness

−0.19

−0.05

0.04

−0.26

Cooperativeness

−0.42**

−0.28*

0.02

−0.26

Self-transcendence

0.21

0.29*

0.31*

0.29*

  1. Pearson’s r correlations between Temperament and Character Inventory-140 and behavioral addiction scores for euthymic bipolar (N = 50) and healthy comparison (N = 50) subjects. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.001.