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. 2021 Apr 26;18(9):4572. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18094572

Table 6.

Comparison of the mean values of the tested parameters in the groups of physically active and inactive students (Student t-test for independent groups).

Parameters Regular Physical Activity T1 T2
N Mean SD p N Mean SD p
BDI total Yes 73 7.4 5.5 0.0467 * 75 8.4 6.8 0.0185 **
No 37 9.5 5.5 35 11.7 6.8
Emotional part Yes 73 5.1 3.9 0.0638 75 5.9 5.6 0.0409 *
No 37 6.4 4.5 35 7.8 4.9
Somatic part Yes 73 2.3 2.6 0.0714 75 2.5 2.7 0.0113 **
No 37 3.1 2.8 35 3.8 2.9
PSQ total Yes 73 51.5 27.6 0.3259 75 51.2 29.0 0.0295 *
No 37 53.0 27.6 35 58.2 29.0
Emotional strain Yes 73 18.6 7.3 0.0862 75 18.1 7.2 0.0009 **
No 37 20.5 6.0 35 22.7 7.0
External stress Yes 73 16.4 5.5 0.2639 75 16.4 5.7 0.2493
No 37 15.7 4.2 35 17.2 5.3
Internal stress Yes 73 16.1 5.8 0.2935 75 16.4 7.1 0.0968
No 37 16.7 5.7 35 18.3 6.7
SOC-29 total Yes 73 137.7 21.6 0.2168 75 137.5 25.4 0.0403 *
No 37 134.5 16.4 35 128.5 21.8
Comprehensibility Yes 73 46.3 8.3 0.1974 75 45.2 9.3 0.1252
No 37 44.9 7.1 35 43.1 8.0
Manageability Yes 73 50.0 8.9 0.2699 75 49.1 10.4 0.1039
No 37 48.9 7.3 35 46.4 9.2
Meaningfulness Yes 73 41.5 7.1 0.2874 75 43.2 8.4 0.0067 **
No 37 40.7 6.1 35 38.9 6.9

BDI, Back Depression Inventory; PSQ, Perceived Stress Questionnaire; SOC-29, Sense of Coherence. Questionnaire; T1, Initial results; T2, Final results after two years of education; * statistical significance (p < 0.05); ** statistical significance after Bonferroni correction (p < 0.025).