TABLE 2.

Comparison between experimental and healthy control groups of psychopathological outcomes.

	CSB (N = 80)	CG (N = 25)
			Mann–Whitney test
	Mean diff (SD)	Mean diff (SD)	U		Sig. (two-tailed) 95%	Cohen’s d
SCS
Inference	13.6 (3.7)	5.4 (0.76)	26.5		<0.001	2.12
Control failure	14.0 (4.21)	5.6 (1.15)	12.5		<0.001	2.05
TOTAL SCS	27.3 (7.06)	11.0 (1.87)	40.5		<0.001	2.19
SLC-90-R
Somatization	0.995 (0.76)	0.32 (0.31)	432.0		<0.001	0.92
Sensitivity	1.27 (0.92)	0.23 (0.25)	270.0		<0.001	1.27
Depression	1.55 (0.89)	0.32 (0.29)	181.0		<0.001	1.5
Anxiety	1.13 (0.83)	0.29 (0.28)	294.0		<0.001	1.21
Hostility	1.02 (0.92)	0.24 (0.37)	386.5		<0.001	1.01
Phobia	0.63 (0.78)	0.07 (0.14)	457.0		<0.001	0.87
Paranoia	1.12 (0.84)	0.15 (0.24)	271.5		<0.001	1.27
Psychoticism	1.24 (0.79)	0.14 (0.23)	148.5		<0.001	1.6
Overall severity	1.22 (0.7)	0.28 (0.2)	170.0		<0.001	1.54
STAI
Anxiety state	24.0 (12.6)	10.2 (8.19)	319.5		<0.001	1.15
			Independent sample tests
	Mean diff (SD)	Mean diff (SD)	t	df	Sig. (two-tailed) 95%	Cohen’s d
SCL-90-R
Obsession-compulsion	1.48 (0.78)	0.45 (0.34)	9.18	103	<0.001	1.7
STAI
Anxiety trait	28.0 (11.1)	13 (6.16)	8.52	103	<0.001	1.67

CSB, compulsive sexual behavior group; CG, control group; SD, standard deviation.