Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of the samples
| Study 1 (Clinical sample, n = 495) |
Study 2 (University students’ sample, n = 433) |
Comparison | Total (N = 928) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M (SD) | M (SD) | t | p | M (SD) | |
| Age | 42.34 (12.71) | 23.02 (5.73) | 30.13 | < 0.001 | 33.22 (13.92) |
| n (%) | n (%) | χ2 | p | n (%) | |
| Educational level | 401.28 | < 0.001 | |||
| University studies | 115 (23.2) | 433 (100.0) | 548 (59.1) | ||
| Primary studies or less | 112 (22.6) | — | 112 (12.1) | ||
| Secondary studies | 94 (19.0) | — | 94 (10.1) | ||
| Vocational training | 121 (24.0) | — | 121 (13.0) | ||
| High school | 53 (10.7) | — | 53 (5.7) | ||
| Marital status | 138.49 | < 0.001 | |||
| Married/living with partner | 260 (52.5) | 142 (32.8) | 402 (43.3) | ||
| Single | 152 (30.7) | 285 (65.8) | 437 (47.1) | ||
| Separated/Divorced | 70 (14.1) | 6 (1.4) | 76 (8.2) | ||
| Widowed | 13 (2.6) | — | 13 (1.4) | ||
| Job status | 270.99 | < 0.001 | |||
| Working | 212 (42.8) | 141 (32.6) | 353 (38.0) | ||
| Not working | 283 (57.2) | 292 (67.4) | 575 (62.0) | ||
| Unemployed | 108 (21.8) | — | 108 (11.6) | ||
| Sick leave | 97 (19.6) | — | 97 (10.4) | ||
| Home-maker | 26 (5.3) | — | 26 (2.8) | ||
| Student | 37 (7.5) | — | 37 (4.0) | ||
| Retired | 15 (3.0) | — | 15 (1.6) | ||