Patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (n = 40)

Control group (n = 86)

Sig.2-tailed

Assault

4.25 ± 2.47

4.05 ± 1.88

NS

Verbal Hostility

6.25 ± 3.04

6.01 ± 2.24

NS

Indirect Hostility

4.55 ± 1.62

4.53 ± 1.65

NS

Negativism

2.17 ± 1.68

1.66 ± 1.35

NS

Irritability

4.50 ± 2.27

4.16 ± 2.27

NS

Suspicion

3.37 ± 2.08

3.10 ± 2.22

NS

Resentment**

3.95 ± 1.52

2.95 ± 1.47

P = 0.001

Guilt**

6.13 ± 1.38

5.08 ± 1.65

P = 0.001

Motor component of hostility

14.80 ± 5.49

14.51 ± 4.29

NS

Attitudinal component of hostility

7.23 ± 3.28

6.05 ± 3.26

NS

Anxiety**

6.78 ± 4.10

4.53 ± 2.26

р ˂ 0.001

Depression*

4.53 ± 3.02

3.36 ± 2.24

р = 0.017