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. 2023 Feb 16;24(3):1075–1099. doi: 10.1007/s10902-023-00633-7

Table 3.

Descriptive statistics of the MHS-R in all countries

Canada (n = 390) United States (n = 223) United Kingdom (n = 512) Spain (n = 724) Hungary (n = 281) Total sample (N = 2130)
M (SD) M (SD) M (SD) M (SD) M (SD) M (SD)
Age
18–34 23.79 (5.37) 22.68 (5.77) 21.55 (5.32) 24.43 (5.10) 22.98 (4.99) 23.44 (5.33)
35–44 24.46 (5.65) 25.08 (4.31) 22.98 (4.79) 24.26 (4.84) 23.43 (5.30) 24.02 (5.06)
45–84 26.12 (4.70) 26.04 (5.09) 23.31 (5.91) 25.09 (5.49) 25.43 (4.85) 24.77 (5.53)
Gender
Female 24.30 (5.62) 24.56 (5.37) 22.59 (5.61) 24.24 (5.13) 23.61 (5.16) 23.74 (5.41)
Male 24.78 (5.07) 25.83 (5.03) 23.28 (5.30) 25.62 (5.07) 25.33 (4.58) 25.00 (5.10)
Mental disorder diagnosis
Not diagnosed 25.09 (5.16) 25.82 (5.09) 23.76 (5.14) 25.11 (4.82) 24.23 (4.78) 24.75 (5.01)
Diagnosed 21.43 (5.49) 22.02 (4.98) 19.55 (5.61) 20.37 (5.63) 18.05 (6.05) 20.39 (5.60)
Religiousness
Religious 25.39 (5.48) 25.64 (5.18) 23.68 (5.39) 24.45 (5.25) 23.92 (5.10) 24.57 (5.33)
Not religious 23.43 (5.02) 22.79 (5.17) 21.91 (5.60) 24.63 (5.08) 23.55 (5.20) 23.46 (5.34)
Marital status
Single/divorced/widowed 23.23 (5.23) 24.72 (5.44) 22.10 (5.92) 24.38 (5.26) 23.04 (5.43) 23.46 (5.54)
In a relationship 24.65 (5.53) 23.33 (5.86) 21.92 (5.84) 24.65 (4.95) 24.88 (5.13) 23.99 (5.42)
Married/cohabiting with partner 25.27 (5.29) 25.16 (5.11) 23.47 (5.09) 24.65 (5.15) 23.99 (4.85) 24.47 (5.16)
Highest level of education
Primary/secondary 22.83 (5.93) 26.06 (5.05) 22.23 (6.28) 23.32 (6.46) 23.29 (6.04) 23.06 (6.21)
Higher education 24.86 (5.28) 24.86 (5.22) 23.31 (5.32) 25.00 (4.71) 24.19 (4.73) 24.55 (5.03)
Still a student 24.62 (4.76) 23.27 (5.85) 21.85 (4.99) 23.46 (5.48) 21.52 (5.31) 22.84 (5.30)
α .87 .88 .85 .87 .86 .87
Skewness (SE)  − 0.26 ( .12)  − 016 ( .16)  − 0.42 ( .11)  − 0.46 ( .10)  − 0.72 ( .15)  − 0.42 ( .53)
Kurtosis (SE)  − .41 ( .25)  − .28 ( .32)  − .15 ( .22)  − .07 ( .18) .44 ( .18)  − .06 ( .11)