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. 2020 Oct 14;24(3):403–411. doi: 10.1007/s00737-020-01076-2

Table 2.

Sex differences in stress perception, resilience, and social support perception

Scale Sex Mean SD p t df d
Stress perception (PSS-14) Female 22.27 7.78 < 0.001 − 3.949 479.5 0.36
Male 19.74 6.48
Resilience (RS-25) Female 136.71 16.30 < 0.001 4.550 500 0.41
Male 143.36 15.78
Social support perception Female 97.47 9.30 0.038 − 2.080 500 0.19
(FSozU K-22) Male 95.69 9.70

N = 503 (females, N = 300; males, N = 203)

Abbreviations: RS-25 Resilience Scale, PSS-14 Perceived Stress Scale, FSozU K-22 Fragebogen zur sozialen Unterstützung, SD standard deviation

d = Cohen’s effect size