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. 2020 Sep 23;11:559951. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.559951

TABLE 5.

Comparison of the answers to the questionnaire according to gender and residence in a “red zone.”

Male (n = 337) Female (n = 629) t-test g Living in a “red zone” (n = 301) Not living in a “red zone” (n = 665) t-test g




M SD M SD M SD M SD
In this period in which I have to stay at home I feel physically well 3.32 1.17 2.97 1.16 4.54** 0.30 2.99 1.18 3.14 1.17 −1.81 −0.12
In this time when I have to stay home, I get bored listening to other people’s problems 2.89 1.16 2.53 1.28 4.54** 0.29 2.69 1.36 2.64 1.20 0.59 0.04
In this time when I have to stay home, I frankly express my emotions 3.19 1.20 3.13 1.27 0.66 0.04 3.18 1.26 3.13 1.24 0.58 0.04
In this time when I have to stay at home, I feel confident in myself 3.18 1.14 2.50 1.23 8.58** 0.56 2.75 1.20 2.73 1.26 0.30 0.01
In this time when I have to stay home, I feel tense or I feel tight 2.87 1.26 3.40 1.27 −6.22** −0.41 3.23 1.34 3.21 1.27 0.14 0.01
In this time when I have to stay home, I feel my heart beat faster or irregularly 1.81 1.17 2.33 1.34 −6.33** −0.40 2.72 1.38 2.07 1.26 2.82** 0.50
In this period in which I have to stay at home, I have difficulty falling asleep 3.15 1.48 3.60 1.40 −4.67** −0.31 3.73 1.44 3.37 1.44 2.45* 0.25
In this time when I have to stay at home, I always think of the same things and feel my head full of thoughts 3.30 1.31 3.83 1.18 −6.13** −0.43 3.72 1.26 3.61 1.24 1.26 0.08
In this period when I have to stay at home, I am irritable and I lose patience 2.95 1.38 3.53 1.36 −6.36** −0.42 3.98 1.37 3.25 1.40 2.70** 0.52
In this time when I have to stay home, I am discouraged, depressed, downcast 2.65 1.38 3.29 1.37 −6.98** −0.46 3.35 1.46 3.00 1.38 2.21* 0.25
In this time when I have to stay at home, I feel like crying more frequently than usual 1.86 1.20 3.18 1.50 −14.93** −0.94 2.86 1.56 2.66 1.52 1.91 0.13
In this period in which I have to stay at home, I especially miss not meeting my friends 3.74 1.35 3.33 1.47 4.32** 0.28 3.50 1.45 3.46 1.44 0.35 0.02
In this period in which I have to stay at home, I especially miss not meeting my relatives 3.58 1.29 3.80 1.25 −2.58* −0.17 3.79 1.28 3.69 1.26 1.11 0.07
In this period when I have to stay at home, I spend at least an hour a day playing a musical instrument, dancing, gymnastics, acting, drawing, or doing the things I like 3.84 1.38 3.53 1.42 3.29** 0.22 3.63 1.45 3.64 1.40 −0.15 −0.007
In this time when I have to stay at home, I spend more than half of my day fantasizing 2.60 1.29 2.88 1.37 −3.09** −0.20 2.86 1.36 2.74 1.34 1.28 0.09
In this time when I have to stay at home, I spend many hours a day in the morning and / or afternoon playing video games or watching television 3.49 1.27 2.81 1.40 7.62** 0.50 3.20 1.34 2.97 1.41 2.44* 0.16
In this period in which I have to stay at home, I spend much more time than before on social media such as Instagram or Facebook 3.30 1.31 3.83 1.18 −2.74** −0.43 3.71 1.26 3.62 1.30 0.99 0.07

*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01. M, mean; SD, standard deviation; g, Hedge’s g.