Personality

categories

Stressful situations depicted in the 1st drawing

Mainly external and limited short-term agents

Mainly external agents but with intense emotional resonance

Long-term stressful agents, great extension and strong involvement of the self

Mean scores of conflict and emotional tension (indicators: N = neuroticism;

X-2 = trait anxiety)

Category A.

Very anxious subjects

n = 26 (18.6%)

1 (3.9%)

3 (11.5%)

22 (84.6%)

N = 35.9; X-2 = 58.7

Category B.

Averagely anxious subjects

n = 68 (48.6%)

12(17.7%)

20 (29.4%)

36 (52.9%)

N = 25.7; X-2 = 44.1

Category C.

Not very anxious subjects

n = 46 (32.8%)

17 (37.0%)

14 (30.4%)

15 (32.6%)

N = 10.8; X-2 = 31.0