Table 1.
Participant demographics and mean self-image valence, stability and certainty subscale scores.
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Low MDQ (N=23) |
High MDQ (N=24) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scale | Mean (SD) | t | Cohen's d | |
| Age | 23.43 (4.62) | 22.46 (5.30) | 0.67* | / |
| Female: Male | 15: 8 | 16: 8 | / | / |
| Years of education | 16.22 (2.34) | 16.08 (2.70) | 0.18 | / |
| QIDS | 2.26 (2.05) | 6.83 (5.26) | 3.96** | −1.03 |
| STAI-S | 30.00 (9.53) | 35.08 (11.99) | 1.61 | −0.46 |
| ASRM | 1.00 (1.31) | 4.17 (2.57) | 5.36** | −1.55 |
| Current self-image valence | 73.79 (12.68) | 66.70 (11.89) | 1.98 | 0.57 |
| Future self-image valence | 84.24 (11.30) | 82.98 (11.14) | 0.39 | 0.11 |
| Current positive self-image stability | 82.55(7.24) | 79.03 (10.17) | 1.36 | 0.39 |
| Current negative self-image stability | 65.61 (20.63) | 67.81 (13.58) | −0.35 | −0.12 |
| Future positive self-image stability | 78.79 (10.78) | 78.04 (10.52) | 0.24 | 0.07 |
| Future negative self-image stability | 64.44 (15.03) | 58.89 (19.17) | 0.42 | 0.32 |
| Future positive self-image certainty | 74.84 (10.76) | 72.37 (12.10) | 0.74 | 0.21 |
| Future negative self-image certainty | 73.33 (15.28) | 62.50 (14.67) | 1.03 | 0.72 |
Note. Degrees of freedom were 45 for all scores apart from QIDS (30.1) and ASRM (34.6) following correction for equality of variances (Levene's test)
*
p<.05.
**
p<.001.