Table 1.

College student’s demographic characteristics for the entire sample and divided by sex (n = 740).

Characteristics	n	All %/M ± SD	n	Girls %/M ± SD	n	Boys %/M ± SD	Sex Comparison t p-Value
Sex
Female	508	68.6
Male	232	31.4
School grade								0.104
Freshmen	439	59.3	287	56.5	152	65.5
Sophomores	84	11.4	55	10.8	29	12.5
Juniors	148	20	112	22.1	36	15.5
Seniors	69	9.3	54	10.6	15	6.5
Childhood Maltreatment
Emotional abuse	740	7.33 ± 2.82	508	7.25 ± 2.81	232	7.51 ± 2.83	1.19	0.233
Physical abuse	740	6.09 ± 2.21	508	5.82 ± 1.97	232	6.67 ± 2.56	4.49	0.000
Sexual abuse	740	5.81 ± 2.01	508	5.72 ± 1.97	232	6.00 ± 2.09	1.75	0.082
Emotional neglect	740	11.29 ± 5.56	508	10.90 ± 5.45	232	12.11 ± 5.72	2.67	0.008
Physical neglect	740	8.77 ± 3.19	508	8.42 ± 3.15	232	9.53 ± 3.15	4.43	0.000
Mental Health Symptomatology
Somatization	740	17.76 ± 5.42	508	17.84 ± 5.54	232	17.59 ± 5.17	−0.60	0.547
Obsessive–compulsive	740	20.06 ± 5.86	508	20.24 ± 5.87	232	19.66 ± 5.82	−1.25	0.211
Interpersonal sensitivity	740	16.56 ± 5.07	508	16.50 ± 5.09	232	16.70 ± 5.05	0.50	0.615
Depression	740	22.55 ± 6.89	508	22.88 ± 7.14	232	21.81 ± 6.26	−2.08	0.038
Anxiety	740	16.51 ± 5.03	508	16.77 ± 5.20	232	15.94 ± 4.57	−2.19	0.029
Hostility	740	9.75 ± 3.22	508	9.44 ± 2.97	232	10.43 ± 3.61	3.64	0.000
Phobic anxiety	740	11.11 ± 3.76	508	11.37 ± 3.91	232	10.55 ± 3.34	−2.92	0.004
Paranoid ideation	740	9.55 ± 2.94	508	9.43 ± 2.95	232	9.83 ± 2.92	1.72	0.086
Psychoticism	740	15.39 ± 4.61	508	15.26 ± 4.57	232	15.69 ± 4.70	1.18	0.240
Coping Style
Positive coping style	740	2.71 ± 0.51	508	0.12 ± 0.97	232	−0.25 ± 1.01	−4.67	0.000
Negative coping style	740	2.25 ± 0.53	508	0.01 ± 1.01	232	−0.02 ± 0.97	−0.29	0.775
Resilience
Tenacity	740	39.80 ± 8.48	508	39.89 ± 8.09	232	39.59 ± 9.28	−0.42	0.673
Strength	740	26.38 ± 5.40	508	26.59 ± 5.26	232	25.91 ± 5.68	−1.55	0.121
Optimism	740	11.72 ± 2.96	508	11.75 ± 2.94	232	11.66 ± 3.03	−0.37	0.713

Note: mean (M); standard deviation (SD).