Table 2.

Group comparisons on psychosocial variables.

	A. Professional status		B.  Geographic area
	Healthcare	Non-healthcare	Northern Italy	Central Italy	Southern Italy
DASS-21 Depression	3,55 ± 3,65	3,52 ± 3,87	3,44 ± 3,65	3,75 ± 4,33	3,64 ± 4,11
DASS-21 Anxiety	1,84 ± 2,46	2,07 ± 2,87	1,94 ± 2,64	2,01 ± 3,20	2,27 ± 3,09
DASS-21 Stress	6,21 ± 4,23	5,32 ± 4,31	5,60 ± 4,15	5,21 ± 4,66	5,09 ± 4,55
ILS Emotional	7,66 ± 4,38	7,61 ± 4,35	7,54 ± 4,31	8,12 ± 4,42	7,64 ± 4,44
ILS Social	13,55 ± 4,22	13,44 ± 4,39	13,38 ± 4,40	13,67 ± 4,08	13,59 ± 4,37
ILS General	8,48 ± 5,11	8,40 ± 5,07	8,31 ± 5,07	8,66 ± 5,04	8,63 ± 5,15
IRI Empathic Concern	20,57 ± 3,82	20,39 ± 4,10	20,35 ± 4,09	20,63 ± 3,94	20,47 ± 4,06
IRI Perspective Taking	18,80 ± 4,31	18,23 ± 4,57	18,12 ± 4,55	18,54 ± 4,33	18,72 ± 4,56
COPE-NVI-25 Positive attitude	24,32 ± 5,38	23,74 ± 5,48	23,79 ± 5,31	23,13 ± 5,25	24,16 ± 5,97
COPE-NVI-25 Social support	20,51 ± 5,03	19,10 ± 5,33	19,44 ± 5,16	18,74 ± 5,55	19,09 ± 5,59
COPE-NVI-25 Problem orientation	21,72 ± 4,42	20,66 ± 4,75	20,83 ± 4,53	19,96 ± 4,20	21,05 ± 5,35
COPE-NVI-25 Transcendence orientation§	8,82 ± 5,95	9,39 ± 6,33	8,56 ± 5,93	8,87 ± 5,82	11,42 ± 6,87
COPE-NVI-25 Avoidance strategies	9,40 ± 3,65	10,25 ± 3,85	9,96 ± 3,61	10,48 ± 3,93	10,44 ± 4,31

The table illustrates group comparisons on psychosocial variables assessed, taking into account professional status (A) and geographic area (B). For each group we report mean and standard deviation. Statistical significance at p < 0.05 is indicated with (*) for group comparisons based on professional status and with (§) for group comparisons based on geographic area.