Table 3.

T test comparison of the means of litigants versus those of non-litigants.

Variable	t	df	p (bilateral)	Mean difference
Negative past	−0.446	348	.656	−.032
Hedonist present	−2.382	353	.018	−.172
Future	1.023	352	.307	.073
Positive past	0.038	355	.970	.002
Fatalist present	1.268	355	.206	.087
Outlook on life/time perspective	−0.222	345	.824	−.008
Internal control	−1.535	353	.126	−.074
External control by chance	−0.882	354	.379	−.051
Powerful others’ external control	0.824	349	.410	.055
Global external control	0.081	349	.935	.004
Affective reactance	−0.795	355	.427	−.053
Cognitive reactance	−0.600	355	.549	−.042
Global reactance	−0.814	354	.416	−.048
Cognitive coping	−0.603	354	.547	−.038
Behavioural coping	−1.992	354	.047	−.147
Cognitive avoidance	−1.348	356	.179	−.103
Behavioural avoidance	−1.703	355	.090	−.140
Self-efficacy in health	0.022	354	.983	.001
Somatisation	−0.468	351	.640	−.046
Obsessive-compulsive	−1.299	355	.195	−.133
Interpersonal sensitivity	−0.733	353	.464	−.065
Depression	−1.394	354	.164	−.149
Anxiety	−0.664	355	.507	−.064
Hostility	−1.680	356	.094	−.202
Phobic anxiety	0.138	354	.890	.010
Paranoid ideation	−1.234	354	.218	−.136
Psychoticism	−1.681	353	.094	−.132
GSI	−1.339	348	.182	−.115

Note: GSI = global severity index of the Symptom Checklist–90–Revised (SCL–90–R).