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Journal of Clinical and
Basic Psychosomatics Sensitivity, self-esteem, and affective dependence

Table 1. Descriptive statistics for the entire sample and IQRs for the RSES and ADS-9 are shown in Table 1.
These values are broken down by gender and relationship
Variables Mean SD Min Max experience in Table 2.
HSPS-overall 112.050 25.592 57.000 182.000
HSPS-EOE 47.330 12.527 11.000 75.000 Regarding the influence of socio-demographic
HSPS-LST 27.680 9.985 10.000 53.000 characteristics, gender influenced the scores of both
HSPS-AES 22.250 4.711 12.000 34.000 the highly sensitive person scale (HSPS) (p<0.001) and
HSPS-CHA 14.220 3.186 5.000 21.000 RSES (p=0.003), as well as some of their components
Variables Median IQR Min Max (Table 3). Women reported higher SPS scores and lower
RSES-overall 28.000 11.250 10.000 40.000 self-esteem scores. However, gender did not influence
RSES-self-competence 16.000 6.000 5.000 20.000 affective dependence. Relationship experience did affect
the affective dependence score (p=0.028) and its craving
RSES-self-liking 12.000 7.000 5.000 20.000
ADS-overall 20.500 9.500 9.000 45.000 component, with those currently in or having been in a
relationship reporting lower scores. Age, however, did not
ADS-craving 13.000 6.250 5.000 25.000 influence the scores on any of the variables.
ADS-submission 7.000 4.000 4.000 20.000
Abbreviations: ADS: Affective dependency scale; AES: Aesthetic sensitivity; 3.2. Correlational analysis
CHA: Controlled harm avoidance; EOE: Ease of excitation; HSPS: Highly
sensitive person scale; IQR: Interquartile range; LST: Low sensory threshold; The results showed positive correlations between the total
RSES: Rosenberg self-esteem scale; SD: Standard deviation. scores of the HSPS-FR and those of the ADS-9 (r = 0.390,

Table 2. Descriptive statistics according to gender and relationship experience

Variables Gender Previous or actual relationship experience
Modality Mean SD Min Max Modality Mean SD Min Max
HSPS-overall Male 99.021 22.611 57.000 151.000 Yes 111.805 23.537 57.000 155.000
HSPS-overall Female 123.604 22.477 78.000 182.000 No 112.220 27.126 60.000 182.000
HSPS-EOE Male 40.553 11.487 11.000 67.000 Yes 47.000 10.486 21.000 67.000
HSPS-EOE Female 53.340 10.185 34.000 75.000 No 47.559 13.853 11.000 75.000
HSPS-LST Male 23.319 8.866 10.000 40.000 Yes 27.829 9.447 10.000 45.000
HSPS-LST Female 31.547 9.372 13.000 53.000 No 27.576 10.421 11.000 53.000
HSPS-AES Male 21.128 4.475 13.000 33.000 Yes 21.805 4.611 13.000 32.000
HSPS-AES Female 23.245 4.731 12.000 34.000 No 22.559 4.793 12.000 34.000
HSPS-CHA Male 13.574 3.222 8.000 21.000 Yes 14.366 3.144 8.000 20.000
HSPS-CHA Female 14.792 3.072 5.000 21.000 No 14.119 3.238 5.000 21.000
Variables Modality Median IQR Min Max Modality Median IQR Min Max
RSES-overall Male 32.000 11.500 10.000 40.000 Yes 28.000 9.000 19.000 40.000
RSES-overall Female 27.000 12.000 14.000 39.000 No 28.000 13.500 10.000 40.000
RSES-self-competence Male 17.000 5.500 5.000 20.000 Yes 16.000 5.000 11.000 20.000
RSES-self-competence Female 15.000 6.000 7.000 20.000 No 16.000 6.000 5.000 20.000
RSES-self-liking Male 14.000 6.500 5.000 20.000 Yes 13.000 5.000 6.000 20.000
RSES-self-liking Female 11.000 6.000 5.000 19.000 No 11.000 8.000 5.000 20.000
ADS-overall Male 20.000 9.000 9.000 45.000 Yes 19.000 10.000 9.000 31.000
ADS-overall Female 21.000 10.000 10.000 36.000 No 21.000 10.500 9.000 45.000
ADS-craving Male 13.000 6.500 5.000 25.000 Yes 12.000 7.000 5.000 22.000
ADS-craving Female 14.000 6.000 5.000 21.000 No 14.000 6.000 5.000 25.000
ADS-submission Male 7.000 4.000 4.000 20.000 Yes 6.000 5.000 4.000 14.000
ADS-submission Female 7.000 4.000 4.000 16.000 No 7.000 5.000 4.000 20.000
Abbreviations: ADS: Affective dependency scale; AES: Aesthetic sensitivity; CHA: Controlled harm avoidance; EOE: Ease of excitation; HSPS: Highly
sensitive person scale; IQR: Interquartile range; LST: Low sensory threshold; RSES: Rosenberg self-esteem scale; SD: Standard deviation.

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