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. 2012 Apr 12;10:36. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-10-36

Table 3.

Association between 9 dimensions of psychological status with demographic characteristics (n = 149)

Items/Status 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total

M (SD) M (SD) M (SD) M (SD) M (SD) M (SD) M (SD) M (SD) M (SD) M (SD)
Education

< 12 years 2.18 1.75 1.58 1.76 1.82 1.51 1.22 1.42 1.12 1.66
(1.80) (1.78) (0.81) (0.77) (0.80) (0.95) (0.87) (0.82) (0.69) (0.64

≥ 12 years 1.80 1.32 1.19 1.28 1.34 1.19 0.85 1.39 0.89 1.31
(0.82) (1.86) (0.79) (0.81) (0.85) (0.89) (0.79) (0.87) (0.73 (0.74)

P-value 0.005 0.003 0.004 0.004 0.001 0.034 0.009 0.826 0.066 0.007

Cohen's d 0.475 0.519 0.493 0.608 0.582 0.356 0.445 0.037 0.312 0.507

Children(No.)

1-2 1.72 1.16 1.10 1.26 1.25 1.01 0.72 1.26 0.80 1.21
(0.76) (0.76) (0.75) (0.82) (0.82) (0.84 (0.71) (0. 84) (0.71) (0.67)

3-5 2.06 1.67 1.48 1.62 1.66 1.52 1.15 1.53 1.10 1.59
(0.83) (0.86) (0.79) (0.82) (0.81) (0.93) (0.81) (0.82) (0.69) (0.72)

> 6 2.25 1.80 1.53 1.66 1.85 1.44 1.20 1.35 1.10 1.57
(0.87) (0.77) (0.94) (0.84) (0.94) (0.96) (10.0) (0.90) (0.77) (0.72)

P-value 0.018 0.001 0.024 0.040 0.006 0.010 0.010 0. 210 0.062 0.023

Cohen's d 0.055 0.102 0.052 0.058 0.072 0.067 0.062 0.016 0.040 0.062

Employment

Employed 1.87 1.40 1.13 1.31 1.44 1.25 0.83 1.31 0.85 1.25
(0.85) (0.90) (0.82) (0.82) (0.93) (0.89) (0.76) (0.86) (0.69) (0.72)

Unemployed 2.04 1.59 1.53 1.63 1.64 1.39 1.14 1.47 1.09 1.58
(082) (0.81) (0.79) (0.82) (0.80) (0.95) (0.86) (0.83) (0.73) (0.69)

P-value 0. 230 0.193 0.004 0.023 0.170 0.370 0.029 0.280 0.044 0.017

Cohen's d 0.205 0.226 0.501 0.427 0.234 0.152 0.382 0.184 0.348 0.464

Exposures

Once 2.01 1.62 1.44 1.59 1.64 1.38 1.10 1.43 1.07 1.52
(0.89) (0.90) (0.88) (0.87) (0.87) (0.99) (0.91) (0. 86) (0.74) (0.76)

Twice 2.02 1.26 1.5 1.39 1.40 1.27 0.83 1.39 0.85 1.32
(0.75) (0.75) (0.72) (0.78) (0.86) (0.81) (0.66) (0.90) (0.72) (0.65)

More 1.63 1.35 1.17 1.26 1.39 1.25 0.92 1.27 0.81 1.33
(0.56) (0.56) (0.57) (0.64) (0.68) (0.78) (0.68) (0.65) (0.53) (0.50)

P-value 0.293 0.082 0.310 0.249 0.263 0.788 0.232 0.081 0.184 0.389

Cohen's d 0.017 0.035 0.016 0.015 0.018 0.003 0.021 0.003 0.024 0.016

Co-morbidity

Yes 2.01 1.54 1.29 1.49 1.58 1.43 0.92 1.40 0.96 1.45
(0.82) (0.83) (0.73) (0.78) (0.84) (0.89) (0.80) (0.86) (0.70) (0.69)

No 1.94 1.48 1.45 1.52 1.53 1.25 1.11 1.41 1.03 1.47
(0.85) (0.87) (0.90) (0.89) (0.88) (0.96) (0.88) (0.84) (0.75) (0.74)
P-value 0.606 0.685 0.261 0. 815 0.722 0.226 0.174 0.935 0.542 0.898

Cohen's d -0.09 -0.07 0.188 0.139 -0.06 -0.2 0.229 0.014 0.103 0.024

1) Somatization, 2) obsessive-compulsive, 3) interpersonal sensitivity, 4) depression, 5) anxiety, 6) anger-hostility, 7) phobic anxiety, 8) paranoid ideation, and 9) psychoticism

M = Mean GSI, SD = Standard deviation.