Table 3.

DOPO scale values in the sample as a whole and in the two cluster groups

Scales/subscales	Values of whole sample (n = 129)		EG1 (n = 56)		EG2 ≤ n = 73)
	Mid-value	Deviation ratio	Mid-value	Standard deviation	Mid-value	Standard deviation	Student’s t-criterion1
General Experience of Loneliness (EL)	34.46	8.66	31.54	9.53	36.71	7.17	1.97*
Isolation	12.37	4.30	11.18	4.69	13.30	3.75	2.77*
Sense of self	10.35	3.58	9.64	3.65	10.98	3.42	2.29*
Alienation	11.63	3.66	10.87	3.92	12.21	3.36	2.05*
Dependence on Communication (DC)	31.13	6.84	26.38	5.03	34.76	5.72	4.03**
Dysphoria of loneliness	9.52	2.63	8.34	2.23	10.44	2.54	5.12**
Loneliness as a problem	10.68	3.38	9.23	3.26	11.79	3.08	4.53**
Need for company	10.79	3.41	8.80	1.43	12.33	3.69	7.46**
Positive Solitude (PS)	22.29	8.78	29.80	6.89	16.53	4.79	6.03**
Joy of solitude	9.94	3.67	12.25	2.93	8.17	3.19	7.52**
Resource of solitude	12.15	6.05	17.37	4.65	8.15	3.36	12.55**

Note: ¹The values are obtained by comparing EG1 and EG2. ^*p ≤ 0.05; **p ≤ 0.01;