Table 2.
Descriptive Statistics Between Asian Americans and European Americans on Essay Codes and Psychological and Physical Well-being.
| Asian Americans (n=17) | European Americans (n=17) | ||||
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| M(SD) | M(SD) | p | |||
| Essay Codes | |||||
| Situational Attribution* | 4.18(2.83) | 4.76(5.74) | ns | ||
| Downward Social Comparison* | 1.00(1.22) | 0.65(1.00) | ns | ||
| Upward Social Comparison* | 0.47(0.80) | 0.53(1.18) | ns | ||
| Persistence* | 2.76(2.11) | 0.94(1.60) | ns | ||
| Covariates | |||||
| Positive Emotion Words | 12.62(3.50) | 11.57(3.49) | ns | ||
| Negative Emotion Words | 12.71(3.44) | 13.61(4.49) | ns | ||
| Age | 20.24(1.15) | 21.29(4.55) | ns | ||
| Objective Threat of the Event | 2.63(0.67) | 2.79(0.61) | ns | ||
| Time 1 M(SD) |
Time 2 M(SD) |
Time 1 M(SD) |
Time 2 M(SD) |
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| Depressive Symptoms | −0.33(0.52) | 0.03(1.00) | −0.07(0.79) | 0.29(1.04) | ns |
| Anxious Symptoms | −0.07(0.70) | −0.29(0.52) | −0.01(0.62) | 0.46(1.29) | ns |
| Physical Symptoms | 98.06(20.22) | 102.24(25.39) | 108.12(30.03) | 107.06(24.13) | ns |
Note.
*
Means and standard deviations of Essay Codes are the number of line blocks (i.e., 5 lines / block). LIWC, Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC) Program. Independent samples t-tests showed that all study variables were not significantly different between ethnic groups.