Table 2.

Means (SDs) of State Hostility Questionnaire score, SFT score and Swearing Fluency VAS score by study condition and sex; and age and covariate scores by sex; p values are for male versus female comparisons using unpaired t tests

Variables	Males	Females	p
	$n=27$	$n=33$
Age	21.63	20.94	0.448
	4.64	2.12
State Hostility Questionnaire score
First person shooter game	43.89	46.12	0.478
	13.79	10.42
Golf game	37.19	32.55	0.064
	12.25	6.38
SFT score
First person shooter game	8.44	8.30	0.844
	2.99	2.57
Golf game	7.59	6.82	0.296
	3.15	2.54
Swearing Fluency VAS score
First person shooter game	67.26	65.58	0.744
	18.32	20.83
Golf game	62.41	64.09	0.774
	23.90	21.30
Covariates
NART score	38.26	35.21	0.026
	3.83	5.98
Daily swearing frequency	32.52	30.06	0.813
	45.28	34.94

VAS Visual Analogue Scale, NART National Adult Reading Test