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. 2021 Oct 21;18(21):11085. doi: 10.3390/ijerph182111085

Table 2.

Comparison between the groups with and without suicidal behavior (ideation or attempts).

Gambling Disorder Gaming Disorder Sex Addiction Buying–Shopping Disorder
SB-;
n = 3163
SB+;
n = 940
SB-;
n = 93
SB+;
n = 6
SB-;
n = 36
SB+;
n = 8
SB-;
n = 129
SB+;
n = 29
n % n % p |d| n % n % p |d| n % n % p |d| n % n % p |d|
Gender Women 248 7.8% 113 12.0% 0.001 * 0.14 5 5.4% 2 33.3% 0.010 * 0.76 1 2.8% 0 0.0% 0.633 0.33 91 70.5% 27 93.1% 0.012 * 0.62
Men 2915 92.2% 827 88.0% 88 94.6% 4 66.7% 35 97.2% 8 100% 38 29.5% 2 6.9%
Marital Single 1315 41.6% 361 38.4% 0.001 * 0.06 85 91.4% 5 83.3% 0.709 0.25 10 27.8% 2 25.0% 0.280 0.06 54 41.9% 8 27.6% 0.206 0.30
Married/Partner 1465 46.3% 411 43.7% 0.05 7 7.5% 1 16.7% 0.29 21 58.3% 3 37.5% 0.42 58 45.0% 14 48.3% 0.07
Divorced/Separated 383 12.1% 168 17.9% 0.16 1 1.1% 0 0.0% 0.21 5 13.9% 3 37.5% 0.55 17 13.2% 7 24.1% 0.28
Social Mean-high to high 193 6.1% 55 5.9% 0.492 0.01 4 4.3% 0 0.0% 0.546 0.42 8 22.2% 2 25.0% 0.431 0.07 25 19.4% 2 6.9% 0.010 * 0.38
Mean 333 10.5% 95 10.1% 0.01 13 14.0% 0 0.0% 0.77 5 13.9% 1 12.5% 0.04 19 14.7% 1 3.4% 0.41
Mean-low 1021 32.3% 283 30.1% 0.05 25 26.9% 1 16.7% 0.25 14 38.9% 1 12.5% 0.62 30 23.3% 15 51.7% 0.60
Low 1616 51.1% 507 53.9% 0.06 51 54.8% 5 83.3% 0.63 9 25.0% 4 50.0% 0.52 55 42.6% 11 37.9% 0.10
Education Primary 1845 58.3% 554 58.9% 0.909 0.01 45 48.4% 4 66.7% 0.421 0.37 11 30.6% 1 12.5% 0.578 0.45 49 38.0% 11 37.9% 0.991 0.00
Secondary 1119 35.4% 330 35.1% 0.01 40 43.0% 1 16.7% 0.59 15 41.7% 4 50.0% 0.17 52 40.3% 12 41.4% 0.02
University 199 6.3% 56 6.0% 0.01 8 8.6% 1 16.7% 0.25 10 27.8% 3 37.5% 0.21 28 21.7% 6 20.7% 0.02
Occupational Unemployment 1358 42.9% 439 46.7% 0.041 * 0.08 73 78.5% 6 100% 0.204 0.96 11 30.6% 2 25.0% 0.755 0.12 62 48.1% 21 72.4% 0.018 * 0.50
Employed 1805 57.1% 501 53.3% 20 21.5% 0 0.0% 25 69.4% 6 75.0% 67 51.9% 8 27.6%
Family
Support
No 742 23.5% 272 28.9% 0.001* 0.12 10 10.8% 1 16.7% 0.655 0.19 11 30.6% 5 62.5% .089 0.65 39 30.2% 16 55.2% 0.011 * 0.51
Yes 2421 76.5% 668 71.1% 83 89.2% 5 83.3% 25 69.4% 3 37.5% 90 69.8% 13 44.8%
Debts No 639 20.2% 126 13.4% 0.001 * 0.18 66 71.0% 4 66.7% 0.822 0.17 25 69.4% 5 62.5% 0.703 0.15 41 31.8% 7 24.1% 0.419 0.17
Yes 2524 79.8% 814 86.6% 27 29.0% 2 33.3% 11 30.6% 3 37.5% 88 68.2% 22 75.9%
Mean SD Mean SD p |d| Mean SD Mean SD p |d| Mean SD Mean SD p |d| Mean SD Mean SD p |d|
Age (yrs) 42.1 14.1 43.8 12.4 0.001 * 0.13 22.7 9.2 28.8 16.5 0.132 0.46 43.1 12.0 42.8 11.5 0.934 0.03 43.7 12.0 42.3 9.3 0.576 0.12
Onset disorder (yrs) 30.1 12.3 30.7 11.4 0.213 0.05 18.3 8.4 20.5 13.8 0.546 0.20 32.4 13.2 35.3 11.1 0.570 0.24 33.6 12.5 34.4 11.0 0.759 0.07
Duration disorder (yrs) 6.0 6.0 6.5 6.4 0.014 * 0.09 3.9 2.9 5.0 1.8 0.371 0.45 6.9 5.9 3.9 3.7 0.176 0.61 7.2 6.3 6.4 5.6 0.554 0.13
SCL-90R Somatic 0.9 0.7 1.2 0.9 0.001 * 0.41 0.6 0.6 0.8 1.0 0.459 0.25 1.0 0.9 1.2 0.6 0.474 0.32 1.3 1.0 2.0 1.0 0.001 * 0.67
SCL-90R Ob-compulsive 1.1 0.8 1.4 0.8 0.001 * 0.46 1.0 0.7 1.6 0.9 0.042 * 0.75 1.5 1.0 1.3 0.7 0.536 0.28 1.8 1.0 2.4 0.9 0.002 * 0.66
SCL-90R Inter.sens. 1.0 0.8 1.3 0.9 0.001 * 0.38 1.1 0.9 1.3 1.2 0.584 0.19 1.4 0.9 1.1 0.7 0.449 0.33 1.5 1.0 2.1 1.1 0.003 * 0.61
SCL-90R Depression 1.4 0.8 1.9 0.9 0.001 * 0.63 1.1 0.9 1.2 0.8 0.611 0.22 1.7 1.0 1.5 0.5 0.640 0.22 2.0 1.0 2.8 0.8 0.001 * 0.84
SCL-90R Anxiety 0.9 0.7 1.3 0.9 0.001 * 0.51 0.7 0.7 1.2 1.1 0.045 * 0.57 1.2 1.0 1.0 0.6 0.606 0.24 1.4 1.0 2.2 1.1 0.001 * 0.76
SCL-90R Hostility 0.9 0.8 1.1 0.9 0.001 * 0.33 0.9 0.9 1.5 0.9 0.140 0.64 1.2 1.1 0.9 0.7 0.444 0.33 1.2 1.0 1.9 1.1 0.001 * 0.72
SCL-90R Phobic anxiety 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.001 * 0.33 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.508 0.24 0.6 0.7 0.3 0.4 0.379 0.41 0.8 0.9 1.6 1.3 0.001 * 0.69
SCL-90R Paranoia 0.9 0.7 1.1 0.8 0.001 * 0.33 1.0 0.9 1.4 1.3 0.230 0.43 1.1 0.9 1.2 0.8 0.955 0.02 1.2 0.9 2.0 1.0 0.001 * 0.78
SCL-90R Psychotic 0.8 0.7 1.2 0.8 0.001 * 0.45 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.443 0.32 1.3 0.9 1.3 0.7 0.790 0.11 1.0 0.8 1.8 0.9 0.001 * 0.87
SCL-90R GSI 1.0 0.7 1.3 0.7 0.001 * 0.53 0.8 0.7 1.2 0.8 0.216 0.52 1.3 0.8 1.2 0.5 0.735 0.15 1.4 0.8 2.2 0.8 0.001 * 0.88
SCL-90R PST 44.1 21.7 53.3 20.2 0.001 * 0.51 37.3 19.7 48.6 23.4 0.175 0.52 50.7 24.2 53.4 19.7 0.766 0.13 53.1 21.0 66.8 17.4 0.002 * 0.71
SCL-90R PSDI 1.8 0.6 2.1 0.6 0.0010* 0.52 1.8 0.6 2.0 0.5 0.532 0.29 2.1 0.6 2.0 0.5 0.554 0.25 2.3 0.7 2.8 0.6 0.001 * 0.75
TCI-R Novelty seeking 108.9 13.3 110.5 12.6 0.005 * 0.13 102.0 13.2 105.6 7.3 0.528 0.34 107.1 15.9 108.6 9.4 0.799 0.12 113.1 14.2 117.7 13.2 0.118 0.33
TCI-R Harm avoidance 99.6 15.6 104.9 15.7 0.001 * 0.34 101.8 18.2 108.7 23.6 .389 0.33 103.3 17.4 99.8 7.7 0.589 0.26 111.0 18.9 111.0 18.5 0.986 0.00
TCI-R Reward depend. 98.4 13.7 97.2 13.4 0.013 * 0.09 93.0 17.1 98.6 16.9 .457 0.33 97.9 16.8 98.2 14.4 0.962 0.02 103.2 15.1 97.2 16.4 0.062 0.38
TCI-R Persistence 108.5 18.6 107.2 18.1 0.046 * 0.07 95.2 18.1 87.9 25.6 .375 0.33 104.3 19.9 104.7 24.7 0.958 0.02 106.1 17.2 107.4 16.6 0.714 0.08
TCI-R Self-directedness 129.3 19.9 121.4 18.3 0.001 * 0.41 128.9 21.9 119.0 21.3 .295 0.51 118.0 20.0 130.0 19.9 0.130 0.60 126.2 21.5 113.7 22.6 0.007 * 0.57
TCI-R Cooperativeness 130.8 15.2 128.2 14.9 0.001 * 0.17 129.8 18.5 124.8 19.6 .544 0.26 123.5 16.1 131.2 16.3 0.215 0.47 134.7 14.6 125.4 17.0 0.004 * 0.59
TCI-R Self-transcend. 63.0 14.1 65.2 13.8 0.001 * 0.16 59.2 14.0 69.7 22.3 .098 0.56 64.7 14.3 56.9 13.6 0.154 0.56 64.3 15.1 70.3 15.6 .054 0.39

Note. SB-: without suicidal behavior. SB+: with suicidal behavior. SD: standard deviation. * Bold: significant comparison (0.05). Bold: effect size into the mild–moderate (|d| > 0.50) to the high–large range (|d| > 0.80). Comparisons for the psychopathological state (SCL-90R) and the personality traits (TCI-R) adjusted by sex and age.