Table 2 The participant’s answers (mean values (m) and corresponding standard deviations (SD) to the Swedish Scale of Personality (SSP) subscales

Week

Start

4

8

Start

4

8

Start

4

8

Start

4

8

Start

4

8

n = 19

n = 16

n = 18

n = 19

n = 17

n = 18

n = 17

n = 15

n = 16

n = 18

n = 17

n = 13

n = 17

n = 17

n = 14

STA m

1.79

1.79

1.74

2.12^a

2.01^a,d

1.92^a,d

1.85 ^b

1.88 ^b

1.68^b,e

1.80

1.85

1.72

1.71^b

1.76 ^b

1.61^b,c

(SD)

(0.6)

(0.7)

(0.6)

(0.7)

(0.7)

(0.6)

(0.8)

(0.6)

(0.5)

(0.7)

(0.6)

(0.5)

(0.5)

(0.5)

(0.5)

PSTA m

2.01

2.06

2.01

1.88

1.91

1.90

1.82

1.82

1.64

1.84

1.90

1.78

1.79

1.79

1.76

(SD)

(0.6)

(0.7)

(0.7)

(0.7)

(0.6)

(0.7)

(0.5)

(0.5)

(0.5)

(0.5)

(0.4)

(0.4)

(0.5)

(0.6)

(0.54)

SS m

2.05^b

2.14^b

1.93^b,c

2.23

2.32

2.28

1.97

2.05

1.96

2.15

2.08

2.04

1.88

1.94

1.84

(SD)

(0.5)

(0.7)

(0.5)

(0.6)

(0.7)

(0.7)

(0.5)

(0.3)

(0.5)

(0.5)

(0.6)

(0.4)

(0.5)

(0.5)

(0.5)

SD m

3.16

3.15

3.18

3.13

3.00

3.08

2.92

2.92

2.88

3.10

2.91

2.98

3.04

3.03

2.98

(SD)

(0.4)

(0.4)

(0.4)

(0.3)

(0.3)

(0.4)

(0.5)

(0.4)

(0.3)

(0.3)

(0.4)

(0.3)

(0.4)

(0.3)

(0.4)

D m

1.84

1.91

1.87

1.70

1.79

1.86

1.95

1.95

1.92

1.85

1.97

2.04

1.71

1.78

1.81

(SD)

(0.6)

(0.6)

(0.6)

(0.5)

(0.4)

(0.5)

(0.6)

(0.5)

(0.5)

(0.6)

(0.5)

(0.5)

(0.4)

(0.5)

(0.4)