Table 2. Descriptive statistics of path model variables.

^*p<0.05 (statistically significant at the 5% level); ^**p<0.01 (statistically significant at the 1% level)

Reliability

Gender

Total (N = 200)

Psychological well-being

Self-perceived oral health

Shame

CDRISC

SCS

PF

PS

PD

ESS

OAS

Female (N = 121)

Male (N = 79)

Psychological well-being

Resilience (CDRISC)

0.950

60.2 (20.1)

62.1 (18.3)

60.9 (19.3)

Self-compassion (SCS)

0.890

3.1 (0.39)

3.2 (0.40)

3.2 (0.40)

0.561**

Self-perceived oral health

Physical function (PF)

0.760

12.2 (4.6)

12.7 (4.3)

12.4 (4.4)

0.324**

0.273**

Psychosocial function (PS)

0.738

15.1 (5.5)

14.8 (5.5)

15.0 (5.5)

0.333**

0.329**

0.642**

Pain/discomfort (PD)

0.568

10.0 (3.0)

9.7 (3.3)

9.9 (3.1)

0.183**

0.146*

0.669**

0.635**

Shame

Experiential shame (ESS)

0.950

52.0 (16.8)

47.5 (16.1)

50.2 (16.6)

-0.183**

-0.311**

-0.203**

-0.300**

-0.220**

Other as shamer (OAS)

0.940

18.6 (13.0)

17.9 (13.3)

18.3 (13.1)

-0.314**

-0.320**

-0.208**

-0.193**

-0.172*

0.432**

Age

-

74.3 (7.2)

74 (7.0)

74.2 (7.1)

-0.172*

-0.169*

-0.368**

-0.252**

-0.210**

-0.011

0.002