TABLE 1.
Descriptive (means, standard deviations, percentages) of the sample’s characteristics.
| Females (n = 131) M(SD) or n(%) | Males (n = 101) M(SD) or n(%) | Total sample (n = 232) M(SD) or n(%) | t/F/χ2 | p | |
| 1. Couple’s conflict | 2.35 (0.78) | 2.24 (0.67) | 2.30 (0.74) | 1.03 | 0.31 |
| 2. Psychophysical impact of the COVID-19 pandemic | 5.01 (1.14) | 5.06 (1.08) | 5.03 (1.11) | 0.09 | 0.76 |
| 3. ISS | 1.52 (0.56) | 1.66 (0.58) | 1.58 (0.57) | 3.50 | 0.06 |
| 4. Age | 26.83 (5.86) | 31.07 (7.44) | 28.68 (6.91) | –4.71 | <0.001 |
| 5. Sexual orientation (lesbian/gay) | 41 (31%) | 80 (79%) | 121 (52%) | 52.46 | <0.001 |
| 6. Relationship duration (<1 year) | 18 (14%) | 9 (9%) | 27 (12%) | 9.10 | 0.03 |
| 1–5 years | 87 (66%) | 57 (56%) | 144 (62%) | ||
| 6–10 years | 21 (16%) | 22 (22%) | 43 (18%) | ||
| More than 10 years | 5 (4%) | 13 (13%) | 18 (8%) | ||
| 7. Religiosity | 1.48 (0.72) | 1.44 (0.64) | 1.46 (0.69) | 0.50 | 0.61 |
| 8. LGB Associations (yes) | 90 (69%) | 58 (57%) | 148 (64%) | 3.14 | 0.07 |
| 9. Sexual satisfaction | 5.75 (1.03) | 5.52 (1.22) | 5.66 (1.12) | 2.43 | 0.12 |
| 10. IPV perpetrators | 0.27 (0.40) | 0.28 (0.33) | 0.28 (0.36) | 0.02 | 0.89 |
| 11. IPV victims | 0.28 (0.39) | 0.26 (0.33) | 0.27 (0.37) | 0.11 | 0.74 |
ISS, internalized sexual stigma; IPV, interpersonal partner violence. The t/F/χ2 refers to the biological sex differences in the total sample (females and males). Standard deviations and percentages are in parentheses.