TABLE 7.
MANOVA of BRUMS subscales by demographic variables.
| Tension |
Depression |
Anger |
Vigor |
Fatigue |
Confusion |
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| Source | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD |
| Gender F(6, 1424) = 17.52† | ||||||||||||
| Male (n = 991) | 49.63 | 9.74 | 48.57† | 8.89 | 48.84† | 8.76 | 50.99† | 10.00 | 48.69† | 9.45 | 49.27† | 9.25 |
| Female (n = 440) | 50.89 | 10.60 | 53.19 | 11.57 | 52.64 | 12.00 | 47.96 | 9.68 | 52.90 | 10.59 | 51.67 | 11.39 |
| Age group F(6, 1423) = 11.54† | ||||||||||||
| ≤25 years (n = 763) | 51.35† | 10.82 | 49.96 | 9.75 | 49.63 | 9.44 | 49.78 | 10.15 | 50.61 | 9.95 | 50.91† | 10.21 |
| 26+ years (n = 667) | 48.50 | 8.79 | 50.04 | 10.33 | 50.43 | 10.64 | 50.35 | 9.80 | 49.27 | 10.03 | 48.99 | 9.70 |
| Ethnicity F(12, 2784) = 6.43† | ||||||||||||
| Chinesea (n = 1,163) | 49.57 | 9.73 | 49.42 | 9.45 | 49.43 | 9.44 | 49.57*c | 9.82 | 49.88 | 9.75 | 49.68 | 9.72 |
| Malayb (n = 119) | 53.89†a | 11.35 | 54.81†a | 12.35 | 55.00†a | 12.70 | 51.15 | 10.58 | 53.95†ac | 11.19 | 53.63†a | 11.82 |
| Indianc (n = 118) | 51.56 | 11.43 | 51.46 | 11.77 | 51.17*b | 11.36 | 53.03 | 10.58 | 47.94 | 10.34 | 50.34 | 10.74 |
| Level of education F(18, 3951) = 4.52† | ||||||||||||
| Primary/Secondarya (n = 70) | 50.29 | 9.88 | 50.04 | 9.92 | 50.03 | 9.17 | 54.75*b | 10.56 | 45.92*bc | 9.08 | 48.71 | 8.87 |
| JC/IB/Poly/ITE#b (n = 873) | 50.82 | 10.44 | 49.56 | 9.61 | 49.60 | 9.73 | 50.12 | 9.97 | 50.20 | 10.05 | 50.44 | 10.01 |
| Universityc (n = 370) | 48.86 | 9.35 | 51.12 | 10.81 | 50.76 | 10.76 | 48.67†a | 9.63 | 50.71 | 10.23 | 49.61 | 10.39 |
| Postgraduated (n = 93) | 48.09 | 8.49 | 49.35 | 10.11 | 50.35 | 10.31 | 50.88 | 10.12 | 48.72 | 9.13 | 49.09 | 9.47 |
| Sport participation F(6, 1423) = 8.86† | ||||||||||||
| Sport (n = 954) | 49.41* | 9.48 | 49.20† | 9.33 | 49.27† | 9.31 | 51.07† | 10.07 | 49.43* | 9.58 | 49.61 | 9.73 |
| Non-sport (n = 476) | 51.22 | 10.96 | 51.52 | 11.08 | 51.46 | 11.20 | 47.99 | 9.52 | 51.11 | 10.74 | 50.81 | 10.54 |
Table presents T-scores converted from raw scores with reference to local norms reported by Han et al., 2019. #JC = Junior College, IB = International Baccalaureate, Poly = Polytechnic Diploma, ITE = Institute of Technical Education Certification. *p < 0.008, †p < 0.001.