Table 3.
Strength of perceived changes within different sub-groups
| Perceived changes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nature/Silence/Contemplation | Spirituality | Relationships | Reflection on life | Digital media usage | Restrictions | ||
| 60.28 | 47.66 | 65.74 | 55.06 | 57.99 | 42.54 | ||
| 20.50 | 25.95 | 18.26 | 25.42 | 23.57 | 27.40 | ||
| Gender | |||||||
| Female | Mean | 62.15 | 48.92 | 66.65 | 57.07 | 58.32 | 42.45 |
| SD | 20.79 | 26.07 | 18.29 | 25.27 | 24.38 | 27.58 | |
| Male | Mean | 56.55 | 45.20 | 63.86 | 50.93 | 57.30 | 42.57 |
| SD | 19.41 | 25.57 | 18.10 | 25.28 | 21.93 | 26.86 | |
| F value | 20.26 | 5.51 | 6.23 | 15.71 | 0.49 | 0.01 | |
| p value | < .0001 | .019 | .013 | < .0001 | n.s | n.s | |
| Age cohorts | |||||||
| < 30 years | Mean | 54.27 | 30.35 | 63.70 | 52.59 | 57.50 | 51.99 |
| SD | 19.37 | 24.50 | 16.79 | 25.00 | 23.64 | 27.65 | |
| 30–40 years | Mean | 52.29 | 35.93 | 61.60 | 45.20 | 57.82 | 43.29 |
| SD | 20.97 | 27.10 | 19.20 | 26.60 | 21.69 | 27.51 | |
| 41–50 years | Mean | 57.98 | 46.89 | 64.13 | 51.04 | 57.41 | 44.26 |
| SD | 21.09 | 25.27 | 18.02 | 26.15 | 24.24 | 28.81 | |
| 51–60 years | Mean | 61.92 | 51.71 | 66.97 | 55.65 | 57.70 | 40.64 |
| SD | 20.19 | 22.60 | 18.34 | 24.47 | 24.02 | 25.68 | |
| 61–70 years | Mean | 63.70 | 51.89 | 66.26 | 58.43 | 57.93 | 40.36 |
| SD | 18.85 | 22.92 | 17.64 | 23.79 | 22.18 | 28.34 | |
| > 70 years | Mean | 70.54 | 65.14 | 72.28 | 70.54 | 60.82 | 33.96 |
| SD | 17.80 | 26.43 | 18.62 | 22.20 | 26.09 | 23.78 | |
| F value | 14.93 | 35.84 | 5.18 | 14.51 | 0.33 | 6.51 | |
| p value | < .0001 | < .0001 | < .0001 | < .0001 | n.s | < .0001 | |
| Religious | |||||||
| Living in Monastery | Mean | 65.52 | 63.37 | 66.86 | 60.68 | 61.49 | 35.62 |
| SD | 21.09 | 21.41 | 18.63 | 25.30 | 25.84 | 25.89 | |
| All other | Mean | 59.51 | 45.36 | 65.58 | 54.25 | 57.50 | 43.52 |
| SD | 20.31 | 25.77 | 18.21 | 25.34 | 23.20 | 27.48 | |
| F value | 11.73 | 68.74 | 0.65 | 8.60 | 3.76 | 11.07 | |
| p value | .001 | < .0001 | n.s | .003 | .053 | .001 | |
| Faith as a strong hold | |||||||
| Does not apply | Mean | 52.72 | 19.50 | 60.02 | 46.94 | 54.22 | 43.82 |
| SD | 22.37 | 22.88 | 20.20 | 28.18 | 24.03 | 28.44 | |
| Partly | Mean | 58.30 | 44.05 | 65.01 | 55.68 | 56.95 | 47.32 |
| SD | 18.76 | 19.22 | 16.00 | 23.82 | 22.11 | 26.86 | |
| Applies | Mean | 64.45 | 60.91 | 68.62 | 58.24 | 60.28 | 39.81 |
| SD | 19.63 | 19.77 | 17.79 | 24.31 | 24.04 | 26.84 | |
| F value | 33.13 | 377.52 | 21.22 | 18.40 | 6.46 | 8.43 | |
| p value | < .0001 | < .0001 | < .0001 | < .0001 | .002 | < .0001 | |
| Wellbeing (WHO-5) | |||||||
| Scores < 13 | Mean | 55.42 | 45.05 | 63.26 | 60.41 | 56.80 | 57.50 |
| SD | 19.51 | 24.72 | 16.68 | 24.56 | 23.09 | 27.04 | |
| Scores 13–18 | Mean | 59.16 | 46.36 | 65.56 | 53.08 | 58.08 | 41.14 |
| SD | 19.70 | 25.30 | 18.32 | 25.22 | 22.69 | 25.12 | |
| Scores > 18 | Mean | 66.08 | 51.67 | 68.38 | 52.66 | 59.06 | 30.06 |
| SD | 20.97 | 27.38 | 19.16 | 25.76 | 25.09 | 23.64 | |
| F value | 26.90 | 6.96 | 7.32 | 11.19 | 0.84 | 108.68 | |
| p value | < .0001 | .001 | .001 | < .0001 | n.s | < .0001 | |
Differences p < 0.01 are highlighted (bold)