Table 7.
Effects of gender and age on TAS scores: Two-way ANOVA
| scores in each gender group | ||||||||||
| male | female | |||||||||
| mean | SD | mean | SD | S2 | df | mean square | F | p | ||
| TAS | ||||||||||
| total | gender(G) | 48.2 | 8.7 | 48.4 | 9.1 | 0.34 | 1 | 0.34 | 0 | ns |
| age group(A) | 4021.4 | 5 | 804.3 | 10.35 | <10-9 | |||||
| (G)*(A) interaction | 179.4 | 5 | 35.9 | 0.46 | ns | |||||
| DIF | (G) | 13.8 | 5.0 | 15.0 | 5.3 | 309.4 | 1 | 309.4 | 12.01 | <0.001 |
| (A) | 2467.3 | 5 | 493.5 | 19.16 | <10-18 | |||||
| (G)*(A) | 179.1 | 5 | 35.8 | 1.39 | ns | |||||
| DDF | (G) | 14.3 | 3.6 | 14.4 | 3.8 | 1.11 | 1 | 1.1 | 0.08 | ns |
| (A) | 765.8 | 5 | 153.2 | 11.59 | <10-10 | |||||
| (G)*(A) | 15.8 | 5 | 3.2 | 0.24 | ns | |||||
| EOT | (G) | 20.1 | 3.9 | 19.0 | 3.9 | 376.3 | 1 | 376.3 | 24.89 | <10-6 |
| (A) | 905.6 | 5 | 181.1 | 11.98 | <10-10 | |||||
| (G)*(A) | 21.8 | 5 | 4.4 | 0.29 | ns | |||||
DIF = difficulty in identifying feelings, DDF = difficulty in describing feelings, EOT = externally oriented thinking.