Table 2.
Means and standard deviations of verbal intelligence, social desirability and verbal fluency for the four group classifications (F, Ds, E, U)
| F | Ds | E | U | F | df | p | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | ||||
| VCI | 114.88 | 9.50 | 113.07 | 10.98 | 121.20 | 7.44 | 112.89 | 9.37 | 1.58 | 3 | .20 |
| BIDR | 74.52 | 13.97 | 80.00 | 12.27 | 74.20 | 10.41 | 75.89 | 13.44 | 1.02 | 3 | .40 |
| VF | 1240.61 | 536.92 | 1120.81 | 299.81 | 886.30 | 207.26 | 1084.56 | 410.06 | 1.92 | 3 | .13 |
F secure, Ds dismissing, E preoccupied, U unresolved, VCI verbal comprehension index, BIDR balanced inventory of desirable responding, VF verbal fluency
* p ≤ .01; ** p ≤ .001
aN = 33, b N = 27, c N = 10, d N = 9