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Table 1 Differences in attachment, spirituality and mood-related psychiatric burden between young adults with a Hindu compared to a Roman Catholic upbringing

From: The relationship between existential well-being and mood-related psychiatric burden in Indian young adults with attachment deficits: a cross-cultural validation study

Measures

Hindu

Roman Catholic

 

M

SD

M

SD

F(1,920)

eta2

BSI-18

 1. Anxiety

6.69

5.20

4.57

3.94

45.69**

.05

 2. Depression

6.17

5.03

5.09

5.02

9.63**

.01

 3. Somatization

4.17

4.12

3.15

3.53

24.79**

.03

 4. GSI

17.04

12.05

12.80

10.11

35.10**

.04

ECR-RD

 5. AX

3.19

1.00

3.11

1.20

5.52

.01

 6. AV

3.39

.90

2.45

1.05

145.57**

.14

MI-RSWB

 7. EWB

108.83

12.78

107.02

15.48

3.14

.00

 8. RWB

98.38

11.04

76.65

18.91

352.59**

.28

 9. RSWB

203.66

20.26

183.67

29.99

109.56**

.11

  1. **p < .01, Roman Catholic = Sample of our previous study [11], BSI-18 Brief Symptom Inventory-18, GSI Global Severity Index, ECR-RD Experience in Close Relationships – Revised, AX Anxious Attachment, AV Avoidant Attachment, MI-RSWB Multidimensional Inventory of Religious/Spiritual Well-Being, EWB Existential Well-Being, RWB Religious Well-Being, RSWB Religious/Spiritual Well-Being