Table 2 Means and standard deviations of the study variables for women (n = 94) and men (n = 61)

SOC 16 (mean) (sence of coherence)

3.51 (0.62)

3.69 (0.64)

1.71

.088 (n.s.)

SOC 16 (adjusted sum score)

63.99 (11.35)

67.18 (11.68)

SOC 19 (mean) (sence of coherence)

3.61 (0.60)

3.71 (0.58)

1.09

.277 (n.s.)

SOC 19 (adjusted sum score)

65.74 (10.91)

67.65 (10.63)

SWE 16 (self efficacy)

2.86 (0.34)

2.96 (0.38)

1.71

.088 (n.s.)

SWE 19 (self efficacy)

2.97 (0.37)

3.00 (0.35)

0.51

.612 (n.s.)

SCL SOM 16 (Somatization)

7.43 (7.02)

6.77 (5.64)

- 0.62

.534 (n.s.)

SCL O-C 16 (Obsessive-Compulsive)

5.90 (5.33)

6.09 (5.60)

0.22

.827 (n.s.)

SCL I-S 16 (Interpersonal Sensitivity)

5.38 (5.13)

4.52 (4.71)

- 1.06

.291 (n.s.)

SCL DEP 16 (Depression)

7.33 (7.35)

6.10 (6.48)

- 1.08

.282 (n.s.)

SCL ANX 16 (Anxiety)

4.68 (5.32)

3.89 (4.36)

- 0.99

.324 (n.s.)

SCL HOS 16 (Hostility)

3.82 (3.64)

3.64 (3.52)

- 0.28

.778 (n.s.)

SCL PHOB 16 (Phobic Anxiety)

1.10 (2.17)

0.99 (1.70)

- 0.33

.741 (n.s.)

SCL PAR 16 (Paranoid Ideation)

3.40 (3.62)

3.51 (3.73)

0.17

.861 (n.s.)

SCL PSY 16 (Psychoticism)

2.90 (4.57)

3.76 (5.34)

1.05

.297 (n.s.)

SCL SOM 19 (Somatization)

6.73 (6.11)

5.39 (4.09)

- 1.667

.097 (n.s.)

SCL O-C 19 (Obsessive-Compulsive)

5.47 (5.55)

6.43 (5.50)

1.06

.288 (n.s.)

SCL I-S 19 (Interpersonal Sensitivity)

5.18 (5.55)

4.99 (4.95)

- 0.21

.831 (n.s.)

SCL DEP 19 (Depression)

7.06 (8.08)

6.04 (6.88)

- 0.84

.405 (n.s.)

SCL ANX 19 (Anxiety)

3.94 (5.33)

4.02 (3.37)

0.12

.908 (n.s.)

SCL HOS 19 (Hostility)

3.20 (3.49)

3.34 (2.78)

0.26

.794 (n.s.)

SCL PHOB 19 (Phobic Anxiety)

1.21 (2.49)

0.73 (1.74)

- 1.33

.186 (n.s.)

SCL PAR 19 (Paranoid Ideation)

3.32 (4.18)

3.55 (3.26)

0.36

.719 (n.s.)

SCL PSY 19 (Psychoticism)

2.96 (5.06)

2.88 (3.70)

- 0.11

.915 (n.s.)