Table 4.
Significant means differences of gender.
| Psychological Variables | Men | Women | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | M | SD | t (df) | p | d | |
| BSI Total | 41.81 | 29.40 | 51.94 | 33.30 | 3.11(416) | 0.002 | 0.32 |
| BSI Somatization | 0.42 | 0.55 | 0.74 | 0.76 | 5.04 (386, 98) | 0.001 | 0.47 |
| BSI Obsessive-compulsive | 1.03 | 0.66 | 1.24 | 0.70 | 2.97 (416) | 0.003 | 0.30 |
| BSI Interpersonal sensitivity | 0.82 | 0.74 | 1.02 | 0.76 | 2.54 (416) | 0.011 | 0.26 |
| BSI Depression | 0.86 | 0.77 | 1.03 | 0.82 | 2.13 (416) | 0.034 | 0.22 |
| BSI Anxiety | 0.72 | 0.61 | 1.07 | 0.81 | 5.02 (378, 36) | <0.001 | 0.47 |
| BSI Phobic anxiety | 0.37 | 0.53 | 0.53 | 0.62 | 2.85 (348, 65) | 0.005 | 0.28 |
| BSI GSI | 0.79 | 0.55 | 0.98 | 0.63 | 3.10 (416) | 0.002 | 0.32 |
| BSI PST | 25.68 | 12.85 | 29.77 | 13.33 | 3.04 (416) | 0.003 | 0.31 |
| BSI PSDI | 1.53 | 0.47 | 1.65 | 0.51 | 2.43 (327, 32) | 0.016 | 0.24 |
| BDI Total | 5.52 | 6.30 | 6.99 | 7.09 | 2.10 (416) | 0.036 | 0.21 |
| BDI Somatic/performance | 0.26 | 0.31 | 0.37 | 0.35 | 3.06 (340, 08) | 0.002 | 0.30 |
| SAS Total | 32.07 | 6.52 | 35.25 | 7.88 | 4.42 (355, 62) | <0.001 | 0.43 |
| SAS Cognitive | 1.56 | 0.46 | 1.75 | 0.54 | 3.67 (347, 02) | <0.001 | 0.36 |
| SAS Motor | 1.59 | 0.50 | 1.79 | 0.55 | 3.59 (416) | <0.001 | 0.37 |
| SAS Vegetative | 1.56 | 0.33 | 1.69 | 0.41 | 3.44 (363, 98) | 0.001 | 0.33 |
| SAS CNS | 1.90 | 0.66 | 2.07 | 0.71 | 2.42 (416) | 0.016 | 0.25 |
Notes: BSI - Brief Symptom Inventory; GSI - Global Severity Index; PST - Positive Symptom Total; PSDI - Positive Symptom Distress Index; BDI - Beck Depression Inventory; SAS - Self-Rating Anxiety Scale; CNS - Central Nervous System; t = Student’s t-test; p = p-value; d = Cohen’s d.