Table 1.
Descriptive statistics and correlations among variables.
| Male | Female | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | (n = 367) | (n = 337) | |||
| M | SD | M | SD | |||||||
| 1. Perceived infection | 0.52 *** | 0.34 *** | −0.16 *** | 0.38 *** | 0.20 *** | 4.45 | 1.22 | 4.53 | 1.07 | |
| 2. Neuroticism | −0.004 | 1 | 0.38 *** | −0.28 *** | 0.52 *** | 0.27 *** | 3.02 | 1.40 | 3.01 | 1.46 |
| 3. On-line aggression | 0.20 *** | 0.12 * | 1 | −0.25 *** | 0.14 ** | 0.02 | 2.96 | 1.89 | 2.18 | 1.58 |
| 4. Age | −0.03 | −0.27 *** | −0.12 * | 1 | −0.16 ** | −0.02 | 41.04 | 13.03 | 44.39 | 12.14 |
| 5. SES | 0.12 ** | −0.14 ** | 0.34 *** | −0.002 | 1 | 0.47 *** | 5.62 | 2.11 | 5.29 | 1.86 |
| 6. Education | −0.05 | 0.02 | 0.05 | −0.04 | 0.37 *** | 1 | 4.57 | 1.30 | 4.33 | 1.34 |
Note. Correlations for females are reported below the diagonal of the correlation matrix, while for men, they are above. * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.005; *** p < 0.001.