Table 5.
Mean score comparisons between gender and educational level
| Males | Females | p value(1) | Lower secondary school | Upper secondary school | Bachelor’s degree | Master’s degree | Post-graduate degree | p value (2) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | |||
| TAS-20 total score | 41.3 | 14.1 | 40.5 | 12.9 | .77 | 34.8 | 12.7 | 40.6 | 11.4 | 44.4 | 16.0 | 41.3 | 13.9 | 39.1 | 12.4 | .35 |
| TAS-20 F1 | 14.2 | 6.8 | 13.8 | 6.6 | .71 | 12.0 | 4.3 | 14.2 | 6.0 | 15.6 | 8.2 | 14.1 | 7.0 | 12.9 | 6.1 | .49 |
| TAS-20 F2 | 11.1 | 4.8 | 10.8 | 4.3 | .78 | 9.4 | 4.0 | 10.9 | 4.1 | 12.4 | 5.4 | 10.8 | 4.4 | 10.6 | 4.3 | .60 |
| TAS-20 F3 | 16.0 | 4.6 | 15.9 | 5.1 | .70 | 13.4 | 4.9 | 15.6 | 4.1 | 16.4 | 4.8 | 16.4 | 5.7 | 15.7 | 4.4 | .60 |
| IES-R total score | 25.5 | 19.8 | 32.8 | 20.8 | .009 | 37.0 | 18.3 | 35.4 | 23.6 | 44.3 | 20.0 | 29.2 | 21.0 | 22.9 | 15.0 | <.0005 |
| DES-II total score | 12.6 | 12.6 | 14.9 | 13.8 | .17 | 25.1 | 21.6 | 20.0 | 16.1 | 21.0 | 15.3 | 13.5 | 12.4 | 7.8 | 6.5 | <.0005 |
(1)Mann-Whitney U Test
(2)Kruskal-Wallis Test
Abbreviations: M = mean; SD = standard deviation; TAS-20, Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20; IES-R, Impact of Event Scale - Revised; DES-II, Dissociative Experiences Scale – II