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. 2020 Apr 9;11:665. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00665

TABLE 7.

MANOVA of BRUMS subscales by demographic variables.

Tension
Depression
Anger
Vigor
Fatigue
Confusion
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 53.95ac 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.