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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Nov 20.
Published in final edited form as: Violence Vict. 2012;27(5):764–776. doi: 10.1891/0886-6708.27.5.764

Table 1.

Means and Standard Deviations for Adult Well-Being

Variable Full Sample Child Maltreatment Comparison Statistical Test (t-test) of Differences in the Means
Anger 14.05 (9.29) 14.95 (5.54) 13.12 (4.80) t = 3.33 **
Self-esteem 22.98 (5.54) 21.77 (6.00) 24.24 (4.71) t = −4.29 ***
Autonomy 4.64 (0.80) 4.53 (0.85) 4.75 (0.73) t = −2.54 *
Purpose in life 4.22 (1.29) 4.04 (1.33) 4.41 (1.23) t = −2.73 **
Directedness 3.32 (0.62) 3.27 (0.68) 3.36 (0.55) t = −1.28
Constraints 4.43 (1.15) 4.25 (1.24) 4.62 (1.03) t = −2.98 **
Happiness and life satisfaction 7.99(1.84) 7.52 (2.06) 8.46 (1.46) t = −4.68 ***
*

p < .05;

**

p < .01;

***

p < .001.