Table 2.
Sex mean differences on stress, sense of coherence, mental wellbeing, symptoms of depression, self-rated health, and subjective health complaints.
| Mental Wellbeing (n = 728) |
Symptoms of Depression (n = 729) |
Self-Rated Health (n = 1209) |
Subjective Health Complaints (n = 759) |
Sense of Coherence (n = 715) |
Stress (n = 730) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |
| Girls | 46.41 (9.75) | 35.95 (12.88) | 3.36 (1.27) | 23.75 (7.70) | 57.95 (13.26) | 66.18 (15.59) |
| Boys | 49.82 (9.48) | 28.03 (10.71) | 3.14 (1.44) | 20.61 (8.70) | 63.96 (12.51) | 58.08 (14.15) |
| Total | 48.08 (9.77) | 32.06 (12.45) | 3.25 (1.36) | 22.16 (8.33) | 60.88 (13.20) | 62.29 (15.50) |
| Range | 13–70 | 14–73 | 1–5 | 12–60 | 18–91 | 40–116 |
| t-value | −4.76 *** | 9.00 *** | 2.91 ** | 5.34 *** | −6.20 *** | 7.29 *** |
| Cohen’s d | 0.35 | 0.67 | 0.16 | 0.38 | 0.47 | 0.54 |
Note. * p ≤ 0.05; ** p ≤ 0.01; *** p ≤ 0.001.