Research Article

The Relationship between Personality Profiles and the Esthetic Perception of Orthodontic Appliances

Table 6

Differences in the personality traits according to the smile evaluation by laypeople in Figure 1.

Personality traitsSmile evaluationNMeanStandard deviationFdfpɳ2

NeuroticismUgly231.500.710.843 3180.4720.008
Neutral8725.388.02
Beautiful20224.358.69
Very beautiful3123.719.36

ExtraversionUgly219.004.244.853 3180.0030.044
Neutral8729.625.68
Beautiful20229.955.69
Very beautiful3132.655.77

OpennessUgly226.001.413.903 3180.0090.035
Neutral8728.395.05
Beautiful20229.084.90
Very beautiful3131.845.79

AgreeablenessUgly223.503.543.033 3180.030.028
Neutral8733.214.14
Beautiful20233.444.69
Very beautiful3133.525.83

ConscientiousnessUgly232.5012.020.453 3180.7190.004
Neutral8734.915.78
Beautiful20234.865.81
Very beautiful3136.007.05

N = frequencies; F = ANOVA; df = degrees of freedom; p = significance; ɳ2 size effect.