Table 2 Descriptive statistics for the total sample and the PA and No PA groups, and comparisons on demographic variables and outcome measures
From: Depression and quality of life in adults perceiving exposure to parental alienation behaviors
Total sample | PA | No PA | F | d | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 491 | n = 319 | n = 172 | |||
Mean age | 32.43 (12.93) | 29.76 (11.89) | 37.40 (13.33) | 10.99** | 0.60 |
Gender | 3.46 | 0.17 | |||
Female | 59.67 | 62.70 | 54.07 | ||
Male | 40.33 | 37.30 | 45.93 | ||
Years of education | 7.11 | 0.24 | |||
Five to twelve years | 19.55 | 19.75 | 19.19 | ||
Thirteen years | 52.14 | 50.78 | 54.65 | ||
More than thirteen years | 28.31 | 29.47 | 26.16 | ||
Job status | 1.65 | 0.15 | |||
Employed | 38.98 | 31.66 | 52.63 | ||
Unemployed | 19.80 | 18.50 | 22.22 | ||
Student | 41.22 | 49.84 | 25.15 | ||
Parental separation/divorce | 36.22*** | 0.56 | |||
No | 78.62 | 68.97 | 96.51 | ||
Yes | 21.38 | 31.03 | 3.49 | ||
BDI-II | 8.61 (8.30) | 9.43 (8.55) | 7.10 (7.61) | 5.15* | 0.10 |
BDI-6 | 2.64 (2.71) | 2.97 (2.78) | 2.04 (2.46) | 6.79** | 0.14 |
WHO-3 | 52.71 (19.18) | 50.58 (18.48) | 56.67 (19.87) | 8.67** | 0.17 |
SF-36 PF | 93.25 (10.51) | 93.20 (10.78) | 93.34 (10.03) | 1.57 | 0.01 |
SF-36 RP | 81.93 (30.27) | 78.76 (31.50) | 87.79 (26.97) | 6.74* | 0.14 |
SF-36 BP | 78.46 (21.45) | 76.62 (21.45) | 81.86 (21.09) | 6.34* | 0.13 |
SF-36 GH | 67.90 (17.88) | 66.02 (18.33) | 71.40 (16.52) | 13.33*** | 0.27 |
SF-36 VT | 59.71 (18.81) | 57.52 (18.63) | 63.75 (18.53) | 6.68* | 0.14 |
SF-36 SF | 71.26 (22.76) | 67.91 (22.85) | 77.47 (21.32) | 9.78** | 0.20 |
SF-36 RE | 67.14 (39.47) | 63.11 (39.58) | 74.61 (38.26) | 3.39 | 0.01 |
SF-36 MH | 63.16 (18.07) | 60.99 (17.57) | 67.19 (18.33) | 9.51** | 0.19 |