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. 2016 Feb 12;7:10.3402/ejpt.v7.28711. doi: 10.3402/ejpt.v7.28711

Table 3.

Means, standard deviations and univariate analyses for mental health symptoms and acculturative stress reported by refugee group

Australian Bosnians N=56 Austrian Bosnians N=82
M (SD) M (SD) Group differences
PDS 13.29 (14.28) 5.37 (7.93) t(71.06)=3.60, p=.001
DASS-depression 5.42 (5.80) 2.69 (4.36) t(83.99)=2.85, p=.006
DASS-anxiety 4.94 (5.38) 2.42 (3.58) t(76.77)=2.92, p=.005
Demands of Immigration Subscales
 Loss 10.12 (3.52) 9.41 (3.35) t(130)=1.15, p=.251
 Language 7.53 (3.56) 5.50 (3.23) t(129)=3.37, p=.001
 Not at home 8.10 (3.40) 7.85 (3.30) t(130)=.385, p=.701
 Novelty 10.46 (4.31) 8.78 (4.32)
 Occupation 11.84 (5.94) 11.61 (5.98) t(129)=.216, p=.830
 Discrimination 9.41 (4.44) 10.48 (3.94) t(128)=−1.43, p=.153
 Total DI 52.13 (18.75) 48.80 (18.17) t(129)=1.01, p=.315

Note: PDS=Posttraumatic Diagnostic scale; DASS-Depression=Depression, Anxiety, and Stress scale; DI=Demands of Immigration scale.