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Table 4 Personality traits and the presence of suicidal ideation (N = 868)

From: The personality traits with depression and suicidal ideation among Thai medical students: a university-based multiregional study

Personality traits

Presence of suicidal ideation

Kruskal–Wallis test P-value

Never (N = 730)

Some day (N = 105)

Often/almost everyday (N = 33)

Neuroticism

   

 < 0.001*

 Median (IQR)

17 (14,21)

24 (21,28)

26 (24,29)

 

Extraversion

   

 < 0.001*

 Median (IQR)

10 (8,12)

9 (6,11)

9 (6,10)

 

Agreeableness

   

0.002*

 Median (IQR)

19 (17,21)

18 (16,20)

18 (15,20)

 

Openness

   

0.494

 Median (IQR)

23 (21,26)

24 (20,26)

23 (18,26)

 

Conscientiousness

   

 < 0.001*

 Median (IQR)

29 (25,32)

25 (22,28)

26 (24,29)

 
  1. *Statistically significant difference between group