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. 2016 Feb 2;16:43. doi: 10.1186/s12909-016-0565-9

Table 3.

Psychological scales and safety

Exam residual - total Exam residual - written Exam residual - practical
DASS depression (n = 64) r -0.088 0.044 -0.149
p 0.491 0.728 0.241
  Normal-mild; ≤13 (n = 56) Mean 0.013 -0.181 0.142
  Moderate-extreme; ≥14 (n = 8) Mean -0.879 0.238 -1.623
t 0.511 0.232 0.857
p 0.610 0.817 0.395
DASS anxiety (n = 63) r -0.066 0.014 -0.103
p 0.608 0.914 0.423
  Normal-mild; ≤9 (n = 57) Mean -0.436 -0.622 -0.312
  Moderate-extreme; ≥10 (n = 6) Mean 0.855 1.434 0.470
t 0.631 0.945 0.327
p 0.531 0.349 0.745
DASS stress (n = 65) r 0.108 0.158 0.058
p 0.392 0.209 0.646
  Normal-mild; ≤18 (n = 56) Mean -0.347 -0.590 -0.186
  Moderate-extreme; ≥19 (n = 9) Mean 0.358 1.141 -0.163
t 0.415 -.959 0.011
p 0.679 0.341 0.991
Post-traumatic stress checklist (n = 64) r .259 0.225 0.234
p 0.038 0.073 0.063
  Normal; <44 (n = 53) Mean -0.519 -0.655 -0.428
  PTSD; ≥44 (n = 11) Mean 0.743 0.863 0.663
t -0.805 -0.907 0.597
p 0.424 0.368 0.553
Eysenck Personality Questionnaire Extroversion (n = 61) r .318 0.176 .347
p 0.013 0.174 0.006
Eysenck Personality Questionnaire neuroticism (n = 62) r 0.169 0.191 0.124
p 0.188 0.137 0.335
Connor Davidson Resilience Scale (n = 57) r 0.021 -0.095 0.090
p 0.878 0.484 0.504
Work and Social Adjustment scale (n = 63) r 0.095 0.071 0.091
p 0.457 0.577 0.473
How safe feel living in Christchurch (n = 66) r -.195 -.015 -.294
p .111 .903 .015
Impact of earthquakes on alcohol use (n = 64) r .301 .239 .288
p .014 .053 .019