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Table 1 Participant characteristics and mean values on the assessments (N = 61)

From: Attentional avoidance in peer victimized individuals with and without psychiatric disorders

 

Cronbach’s α

Total (N = 61)

Psychiatric patients (n = 30)

Healthy controls (n = 31)

p

Age, M (SD, range)

 

24.59 (4.97, 18–40)

26.20 (6.12, 18–40)

23.03 (2.83, 19–33)

.014e*

Gender, % female (n)

 

62.5 (30)

40.0 (12)

45.2 (14)

.797f

Family status, % single (n)

 

52.1 (25)

83.3 (25)

58.1 (18)

.049f*

Peer Victimizationa, M (SD)

.91

12.02 (8.21)

16.50 (8.66)

7.68 (4.78)

< .001e***

Symptoms of Depressionb, M (SD)

.91

12.41 (9.77)

19.33 (9.25)

5.71 (3.73)

< .001e***

General Psychopathologyc, M (SD)

.98

.72 (.70)

1.15 (.72)

.29 (.33)

< .001e***

Trait Anxietyd, M (SD)

.95

46.72 (5.65)

47.62 (5.50)

45.82 (5.74)

.220e

Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, M (SD)

.93

53.80 (5.32)

54.23 (6.74)

53.39 (3.52)

.539e

Emotional Abuse, M (SD)

.86

10.10 (4.75)

12.51 (5.06)

7.77 (3.01)

< .001e***

Emotional Neglect, M (SD)

.86

10.43 (4.32)

12.59 (4.20)

8.42 (3.40)

< .001e***

Physical Abuse, M (SD)

.84

6.30 (2.81)

6.90 (3.69)

5.71 (1.40)

.106e

Sexual Abuse, M (SD)

.94

5.66 (2.35)

5.85 (2.62)

5.48 (2.08)

.547e

Principal diagnoses

 Major depressive disorder, single episode, % (n)

  

16.6 (5)

  

 Major depressive disorder, recurrent, % (n)

  

40.0 (12)

  

 Bipolar disorder, % (n)

  

3.3 (1)

  

 Social phobia, % (n)

  

6.6 (2)

  

 Obsessive-compulsive disorder, % (n)

  

3.3 (1)

  

 Borderline personality disorder, % (n)

  

13.3 (4)

  

 Mixed and other personality disorder, % (n)

  

3.3 (1)

  

 Paranoid schizophrenia, % (n)

  

6.6 (2)

  

 Schizoaffective disorder, % (n)

  

6.6 (2)

  
  1. * p < .05, ** p < .01, *** p < .001; aFragebogen belastender Sozialerfahrungen; bBeck Depression Inventory; cBrief Symptom Inventory - Global Severity Index; d State Trait Aniety Inventory-Trait; eindependent Student’s t-test, fChi-squared test