Table 2.
SSMHAS Descriptives from the Endline and the Reliability and Validity Samples
| Endline (N=3,136) |
Reliability and Validity Sample (N=180) |
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| How often do you… (%) | Never=1 | Rarely=2 | Frequently=3 | Always=4 | Mean | SD | Never | Rarely | Frequently | Always | Mean | SD | t(3314) | p |
| Have misunderstandings | 43.11 | 48.76 | 6.47 | 1.66 | 1.67 | 0.67 | 25.56 | 68.89 | 5.56 | 0 | 1.80 | 0.52 | 2.62 | 0.009 |
| Have a quick temper | 35.24 | 50.64 | 12.63 | 1.5 | 1.80 | 0.71 | 26.11 | 59.44 | 13.89 | 0.56 | 1.89 | 0.64 | 1.58 | 0.115 |
| Get into fights or quarrels | 40.94 | 46.52 | 11.8 | 0.73 | 1.72 | 0.69 | 33.89 | 61.67 | 3.89 | 0.56 | 1.71 | 0.56 | −0.23 | 0.818 |
| Feel rude (takian) | 41.68 | 47.23 | 10.04 | 1.05 | 1.70 | 0.69 | 40 | 50.56 | 9.44 | 0 | 1.69 | 0.64 | −0.20 | 0.845 |
| Have many thoughts | 23.5 | 48.15 | 19.45 | 8.9 | 2.14 | 0.88 | 20 | 58.33 | 17.22 | 4.44 | 2.06 | 0.74 | −1.15 | 0.252 |
| Have sleepless nights | 27.93 | 53.44 | 14.8 | 3.83 | 1.95 | 0.76 | 30 | 50 | 17.78 | 2.22 | 1.92 | 0.75 | −0.39 | 0.694 |
| Feel unsettled | 45.36 | 41.28 | 11.07 | 2.3 | 1.70 | 0.75 | 52.78 | 45.56 | 1.11 | 0.56 | 1.49 | 0.55 | −3.66 | <.001 |
| Feel stressed up (nefsiat) | 36.32 | 47.42 | 13.01 | 3.25 | 1.83 | 0.77 | 30.56 | 54.44 | 14.44 | 0.56 | 1.85 | 0.67 | 0.31 | 0.759 |
| Feel lonely | 36.89 | 50.61 | 9.38 | 3.12 | 1.79 | 0.74 | 54.44 | 41.67 | 3.89 | 0 | 1.49 | 0.57 | −5.24 | <.001 |
| Feel unwanted | 55.26 | 35.33 | 8.29 | 1.12 | 1.55 | 0.69 | 78.89 | 18.33 | 2.78 | 0 | 1.24 | 0.49 | −5.99 | <.001 |
| Feel useless | 59.12 | 32.49 | 6.66 | 1.72 | 1.51 | 0.70 | 79.44 | 18.33 | 1.67 | 0.56 | 1.23 | 0.50 | −5.24 | <.001 |
| Feel isolated or abandoned (hasud or abau) | 50.83 | 39 | 9.12 | 1.05 | 1.60 | 0.70 | 78.89 | 18.89 | 2.22 | 0 | 1.23 | 0.47 | −7.05 | <.001 |
| Feel weak | 26.63 | 62.05 | 9.6 | 1.72 | 1.86 | 0.64 | 12.22 | 82.22 | 5.56 | 0 | 1.93 | 0.42 | 1.43 | 0.154 |
| Feel sorrowful | 23.85 | 61.1 | 13.33 | 1.72 | 1.93 | 0.66 | 17.78 | 78.33 | 3.89 | 0 | 1.86 | 0.45 | −1.37 | 0.172 |
| Feel like crying | 32.94 | 51.85 | 13.01 | 2.2 | 1.84 | 0.72 | 31.11 | 58.89 | 10 | 0 | 1.79 | 0.61 | −1.01 | 0.310 |
| Feel pain in heart (waja gelba) | 23.92 | 56.57 | 16.26 | 3.25 | 1.99 | 0.73 | 40 | 37.78 | 20.56 | 1.67 | 1.84 | 0.81 | −2.66 | 0.008 |
| Are you easily startled | 47.8 | 39.51 | 11.38 | 1.31 | 1.66 | 0.73 | 31.11 | 61.11 | 7.78 | 0 | 1.77 | 0.58 | 1.89 | 0.058 |
| Think about bad things that happened in the past | 29.21 | 54.02 | 13.55 | 3.22 | 1.91 | 0.74 | 40 | 52.22 | 6.67 | 1.11 | 1.69 | 0.65 | −3.88 | <.001 |
| Do bad things in the past make you act crazy | 50.26 | 38.3 | 9.25 | 2.2 | 1.63 | 0.74 | 91.67 | 7.78 | 0.56 | 0 | 1.09 | 0.30 | −9.82 | <.001 |
| Feel traumatized (kafu) | 36.99 | 48.57 | 12.6 | 1.85 | 1.79 | 0.73 | 55.56 | 38.33 | 6.11 | 0 | 1.51 | 0.61 | −5.21 | <.001 |
| Fear that others are talking about you | 39.38 | 47.93 | 10.55 | 2.14 | 1.75 | 0.72 | 68.89 | 27.22 | 3.33 | 0.56 | 1.36 | 0.58 | −7.26 | <.001 |
| Feel shy | 36.61 | 50.16 | 11.58 | 1.66 | 1.78 | 0.71 | 37.22 | 57.78 | 5 | 0 | 1.68 | 0.57 | −1.96 | 0.051 |
| Hide from others | 59.28 | 33.07 | 6.47 | 1.18 | 1.50 | 0.67 | 86.11 | 12.22 | 1.67 | 0 | 1.16 | 0.41 | −6.73 | <.001 |
| Feel shame (fadia) | 33.16 | 49.3 | 14.03 | 3.51 | 1.88 | 0.77 | 35.56 | 49.44 | 12.78 | 2.22 | 1.82 | 0.74 | −1.05 | 0.293 |
| Mean scale score (M, SD) | 1.77 | 0.41 | 1.63 | 0.25 | −4.60 | <.001 | ||||||||
Note. Items listed above each of the common mental problems (e.g., takian, nefsia, etc.) are symptoms of that mental problem, for example feeling weak, feeling sorrowful, feeling like crying are all symptoms of pain in the heart (waja gelba