Table III.
Means and Standard Deviations of AESC Subscales for Combined Sample and Demographic Subsets
| AESC subscale | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trait anger | Anger expression | Anger in | Anger control | |
| Overall sample (n = 774) | 17.89 (5.20) | 9.95 (3.04) | 8.61 (2.90) | 15.51 (4.51) |
| By gender | ||||
| Females (n = 424) | 18.04 (5.47) | 10.03 (3.04) | 8.63 (2.96) | 15.49 (4.41) |
| Males (n = 350) | 17.71 (4.85) | 9.86 (3.05) | 8.58 (2.83) | 15.52 (4.62) |
| By ethnicity | ||||
| European American (n = 629) | 18.03 (5.14)a | 10.12 (3.06)a | 8.50 (2.85)a | 15.29 (4.35)a |
| African American (n = 111) | 17.59 (5.69)a | 9.19 (3.01)b | 9.18 (3.11)a | 16.50 (5.08)b |
| Other (n = 33) | 16.09 (4.00)a | 9.33 (2.51)a,b | 8.73 (2.85)a | 16.42 (5.04)a,b |
| By illness type | ||||
| Healthy (n = 459) | 18.52 (5.38)a | 10.27 (3.06)a | 8.88 (3.03)a | 15.41 (4.42)a |
| Cancer (n = 315) | 16.98 (4.79)b | 9.50 (2.97)b | 8.22 (2.64)b | 15.64 (4.65)a |
Within each column (i.e., subscale) and grouping variable (e.g., ethnicity) values that do not share a common superscript are significantly different (p ≤.05).