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. 2023 Jul 14;12(3):697–710. doi: 10.1556/2006.2023.00036

Table 6.

Mean and standard deviations of aspects of health and wellbeing by the level of closeness

Aspects of Health and Wellbeing Closeness
Low Closeness Medium Closeness High Closeness ANOVA
N = 380 N = 379 N = 380
M SD M SD M SD
K6 Score 7.29c 5.56 9.17b 5.35 11.7a 6.13 <.001*
Panas - negative affect scale 10.91c 4.11 12.93b 4.19 15.11a 4.95 <.001*
Panas - positive affect scale 15.28b 3.82 15.62b 3.45 16.31a 4.31 .002*
Life satisfaction 5.89 2.44 6.02 2.19 6.13 2.48 .416*
PWI total score standardised 60.42 21.05 60.40 18.35 61.04 22.59 .898*
SF-12 Domains
 Bodily Pain Norm-Based Score 48.16c 9.98 44.95b 8.90 41.19a 11.26 <.001*
 Mental Health Norm-Based Score 43.56b 9.91 42.90 8.81 41.66a 8.83 .016*
 Physical Functioning Norm-Based Score 50.25c 9.36 48.46b 9.47 44.14a 10.87 <.001*
 Role Emotional Norm-Based Score 43.37c 10.94 38.47b 10.42 34.04a 11.45 <.001
 Role Physical Norm-Based Score 47.20c 9.47 43.77b 8.18b 40.47a 9.90 <.001*
 Social Functioning Norm-Based Score 45.03c 10.02 41.27b 8.98 39.11a 10.50 <.001*
 Vitality Norm-Based Score 46.84 9.70 47.46 9.46 47.38 11.21 .637*
SF-12 Component Scores
 Mental Component Score 42.32b 10.38 40.10a 9.46 38.76a 9.00 <.001*
 Physical Component Score 50.61c 9.50 49.13b 7.94 45.82a 9.19 <.001*

* Welch. Letters denotes means which are significantly different (Student-Newman-Keuls)