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. 2019 Mar 6;14(3):e0212415. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0212415

Table 1. Demographics and psychopathology.

BSD-group Control group Test statistic Effect size
n = 39 n = 39 p
Age years, mean (SD) 44.97 (10.83) 44.77 (10.59) t(76) = .08 .933 d = .02
Partnership status single, n (%) 20 (51.3) 13 (33.3) X2(1) = 2.57 .109 Ф = .18
School years, mean (SD) 11.36 (2.13) 12.54 (1.65) t(76) = 2.73 .008 d = .62
PBS 48.85 (9.83) 19.49 (3.16) t(76) = 17.76 < .001 d = 4.02
SIR-14 36.41 (14.97) 20.64 (4.49) t(76) = 6.30 < .001 d = 1.43
GAD-7 10.79 (4.46) 3.74 (2.75) t(76) = 8.40 < .001 d = 1.90
PHQ-9 12.03 (6.47) 3.95 (2.95) t(76) = 7.09 < .001 d = 1.61

BSD = buying-shopping disorder; PBS = Pathological Buying Screener, SIR-14 = Saving-Inventory-Revised (without acquisition items), GAD-7 = General Anxiety Disorder questionnaire, PHQ-9 = Patient Health Questionnaire depression scale