Table 1.
Background variables, mediators, and dependent variables of evacuees by residential area before evacuation
| North | South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | (n = 102) | (n = 119) | ||||
| Background | M | SD | M | SD | t | d |
| Age | 40.54 | 12.38 | 41.40 | 13.95 | -0.48 | -0.07 |
| Traumatic life events | 1.01 | 0.88 | 1.08 | 0.92 | -0.54 | -0.07 |
| Income | 2.83 | 1.28 | 2.84 | 1.32 | -0.06 | -0.01 |
| n | % | n | % | χ 2 | ||
| Gender | 0.32 | |||||
| Male | 29 | 28.4 | 38 | 31.9 | ||
| Female | 73 | 71.6 | 81 | 68.1 | ||
| Family status | 0.16 | |||||
| Married or in a relationship | 58 | 56.9 | 78 | 66.1 | ||
| Other | 44 | 43.1 | 40 | 33.9 | ||
| Education | 0.02 | |||||
| Non-academic | 49 | 48.0 | 56 | 47.1 | ||
| Academic | 53 | 52.0 | 63 | 52.9 | ||
| Questionnaire | M | SD | M | SD | t | d |
| Anxiety | 2.66 | 1.81 | 2.44 | 1.87 | 0.89 | 0.12 |
| Depression | 2.63 | 1.94 | 2.39 | 1.87 | 0.94 | 0.13 |
| Problem-focused coping - Self | 18.98 | 4.98 | 20.22 | 5.80 | -1.69 | -0.23 |
| Emotion-focused coping - Self | 26.00 | 5.36 | 26.94 | 6.49 | -1.18 | -0.16 |
| Dysfunctional coping - Self | 15.77 | 4.39 | 15.70 | 4.24 | 0.13 | 0.02 |
| Self-mastery | 2.22 | 0.59 | 2.07 | 0.49 | 2.09* | 0.28 |
| Problem-focused coping - Other | 17.47 | 5.84 | 18.89 | 6.88 | -1.64 | -0.22 |
| PCS | 50.13 | 9.51 | 48.62 | 9.76 | 1.16 | 0.16 |
| MCS | 35.42 | 12.59 | 37.81 | 11.07 | -1.50 | -0.20 |
| Search for meaning | 23.15 | 6.97 | 23.05 | 6.88 | 0.10 | 0.01 |
| Presence of meaning | 23.33 | 7.47 | 25.12 | 6.57 | -1.89 | -0.25 |
Note. Data were missing for 26 cases for income and one case for family status. Higher self-mastery scores indicate a weaker sense of personal mastery. PCS = Physical Component Scale; MCS = Mental Component Scale.
*p < .05