Table 3.

Summary of data for each scale score comparison (x ± s).

Parameter	Students (N = 438)	Nonstudents (N = 205)	t	p
MacArthur scale of subjective social status	4.30 ± 1.56	5.36 ± 1.97	–6.753	<0.01**
Clutter	12.16 ± 5.50	12.12 ± 5.92	0.099	0.92
Difficulty discarding	10.73 ± 3.65	10.30 ± 4.10	1.326	0.19
Excessive acquisition	10.45 ± 3.74	10.30 ± 4.32	0.421	0.67
Saving inventory-revised	33.34 ± 11.27	32.72 ± 13.14	0.584	0.56
Depression	3.78 ± 4.12	3.50 ± 4.05	0.811	0.42
Anxiety	3.86 ± 3.91	3.35 ± 3.64	1.580	0.11
Stress	4.78 ± 4.21	4.72 ± 3.94	0.183	0.86
Depression anxiety stress scale-21	12.42 ± 11.59	11.57 ± 10.97	0.888	0.38
Fear of COVID-19 scale	17.15 ± 5.76	18.41 ± 6.84	–2.28	0.02*
Hoarding frequency scale	2.35 ± 0.91	2.47 ± 0.84	–1.52	0.13
Educational background	1.99 ± 0.43	1.84 ± 0.60	3.11	<0.01**
Economic level	6.29 ± 1.95	6.77 ± 1.92	–2.869	<0.01**

^*p < 0.05, calculated using 2-tailed bivariate correlations;

^**p < 0.01, calculated using 2-tailed bivariate correlations.