North | South | |||||
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Characteristic | (n = 102) | (n = 119) | ||||
Background | M | SD | M | SD | t | d |
Age | 40.54 | 12.38 | 41.40 | 13.95 | -0.48 | -0.07 |
Traumatic life events | 1.01 | 0.88 | 1.08 | 0.92 | -0.54 | -0.07 |
Income | 2.83 | 1.28 | 2.84 | 1.32 | -0.06 | -0.01 |
n | % | n | % | χ2 | ||
Gender | 0.32 | |||||
Male | 29 | 28.4 | 38 | 31.9 | ||
Female | 73 | 71.6 | 81 | 68.1 | ||
Family status | 0.16 | |||||
Married or in a relationship | 58 | 56.9 | 78 | 66.1 | ||
Other | 44 | 43.1 | 40 | 33.9 | ||
Education | 0.02 | |||||
Non-academic | 49 | 48.0 | 56 | 47.1 | ||
Academic | 53 | 52.0 | 63 | 52.9 | ||
Questionnaire | M | SD | M | SD | t | d |
Anxiety | 2.66 | 1.81 | 2.44 | 1.87 | 0.89 | 0.12 |
Depression | 2.63 | 1.94 | 2.39 | 1.87 | 0.94 | 0.13 |
Problem-focused coping - Self | 18.98 | 4.98 | 20.22 | 5.80 | -1.69 | -0.23 |
Emotion-focused coping - Self | 26.00 | 5.36 | 26.94 | 6.49 | -1.18 | -0.16 |
Dysfunctional coping - Self | 15.77 | 4.39 | 15.70 | 4.24 | 0.13 | 0.02 |
Self-mastery | 2.22 | 0.59 | 2.07 | 0.49 | 2.09* | 0.28 |
Problem-focused coping - Other | 17.47 | 5.84 | 18.89 | 6.88 | -1.64 | -0.22 |
PCS | 50.13 | 9.51 | 48.62 | 9.76 | 1.16 | 0.16 |
MCS | 35.42 | 12.59 | 37.81 | 11.07 | -1.50 | -0.20 |
Search for meaning | 23.15 | 6.97 | 23.05 | 6.88 | 0.10 | 0.01 |
Presence of meaning | 23.33 | 7.47 | 25.12 | 6.57 | -1.89 | -0.25 |