Table 2.
Mean scores of CECS, STAI, and GSES with regard to the study group
| Psychometric scales | UHS N=100 |
UTA N=100 |
PNH N=100 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Me | Me | Me | ||||
| CECS anger | 18.72±3.64 | 19.0 | 18.32±3.02 | 19.0 | 17.32±3.35 | 17.0 |
| CECS depression | 18.95±3.9 | 19.0 | 18.34±3.3 | 18.0 | 16.96±3.77 | 17.0 |
| CECS anxiety | 17.76±3.76 | 19.0 | 18±3.08 | 19.0 | 16.85±2.88 | 16.0 |
| CECS total | 55.43±9.62 | 56.0 | 54.66±7 | 54.0 | 51.13±8.28 | 51.0 |
| STAI (X1) | 48.81±3.55 | 48.5 | 47.97±5.35 | 48.0 | 47.19±4.26 | 47.0 |
| STAI (X2) | 48.45±4.1 | 49.0 | 48.81±5.7 | 49.0 | 48.4±4.55 | 48.0 |
| GSES | 30.45±4.22 | 30.0 | 29.71±3.88 | 30.0 | 24.38±7.67 | 25.0 |
Abbreviations: CECS, Courtauld Emotional Control Scale; GSES, General Self-Efficacy Scale; PNH, public nursing home; STAI, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory; UHS, University of Healthy Seniors; UTA, University of the Third Age; SD, standard deviation; Me, median.