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. 2021 Jan 25;18(1):59–68. doi: 10.30773/pi.2020.0208

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of participants

Characteristic Mean (SD)/%
Mean (SD)/%
Skewness Kurtosis Mean (SD)/%
Skewness Kurtosis
Total group Depressive group Non-depressive group
Age 50 (16.55) 48.32 (11.48) 50.60 (16.96)
Gender (female) 68% 81.7% 66.6%
Educational year 15.16 (2.39) 15.03 (2.16) 14.46 (2.46)
Marital status (married/cohabited) 78.9% 78.7% 78.9%
Perceived stress (PSS) 15.64 (7.93) 25.06 (5.57) -0.60 0.06 14.70 (7.51) -0.12 0.37
Depression (PHQ-9) 3.43 (4.24) 13.70 (4.23) 0.90 -0.21 2.41(2.54) 1.47 1.57
Positive resources (POREST_total) 87.01(12.77) 73.15 (13.35) -0.19 -0.18 88.40 (11.85) -0.37 1.12
 Optimism 27.02 (4.43) 21.77 (4.81) -0.29 -0.03 27.54 (4.03) -0.52 0.37
 Purpose & hope 22.41 (4.21) 18.63 (4.59) -0.26 -0.11 22.78 (3.98) -0.16 0.01
 Self-control 18.70 (3.31) 15.79 (3.54) -0.20 -0.27 18.99 (3.14) -0.15 0.08
 Social support 11.40 (2.24) 9.71 (2.61) -0.41 0.05 11.57 (2.12) -0.29 -0.26
 Care 7.49 (1.53) 7.25 (1.76) -0.13 -0.23 7.51 (1.50) -0.31 -0.21

PSS: Perceived Stress Scale, PHQ-9: Patient Health Questionnaire-9, POREST: Posive Resource Test