. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 3.

Published in final edited form as: Anxiety Stress Coping. 2011 Jul;24(4):463–475. doi: 10.1080/10615806.2010.546838

Table 2.

Means and standard deviations of psychosocial variables by recurrent events.

	Recurrent Event (n=282)	No Recurrent Event (n=986)	Total (N=1268)	Cronbach’s Alpha
Stress (PSS)	20.60±5.47	19.02±5.35	19.38±5.42^*	0.41
Depression Subscale (HADS)	5.16±3.87	3.67±3.35	4.02±3.53^*	0.83
Anxiety Subscale (HADS)	6.58±4.38	5.12±3.92	5.44±4.06^*	0.87
Social Support (ESSI)	27.78±6.72	28.48±6.02	28.36±6.17	0.87
Hostility (HAS)	60.13±19.21	58.39±18.20	58.86±18.56	0.87

p < .001

PSS = Perceived Stress Scale

HADS = Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale

ESSI = ENRICHD Social Support Inventory

HAS = Hostile Attitudes Scale