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Table 2 Psychological and physiological measurements, means

From: An examination of factors that may contribute to gender differences in psychomotor processing speed

 

Males (n = 49)

Females (n = 81)

M/F difference p

Effect size d

Population mean males

Population mean females

 

Mean

SD

n

Mean

SD

n

Age

42

10.3

49

43

9.8

81

ns

0.1

   

Height, cm

178

6.7

49

163

6.3

81

0.001

2.3

178

165

a

Weight, kg

93

19.6

49

80

20.7

81

0.001

0.65

87

73

a

BMI

29.4

5.7

49

29.7

7.6

81

ns

0.05

27.7

27.5

a

Beck Depression Index BDI II

14

10.8

33

15.6

9.7

66

ns

0.16

7

7

c

WAIS IV Processing speed PSI

86

14.3

43

97

16.6

75

0.001

0.71

96

103

d

WAIS IV Digit Symbol Coding

7.1

2.6

41

9.5

3.3

73

0.001

0.81

9

10.6

d

WAIS IV Symbol Search

8.0

3.0

42

9.4

3.1

74

0.023

0.46

9.4

10.3

d

WAIS IV Block Design

10.3

2.3

32

9.8

3.1

49

ns

0.18

9.8

10.1

d

WAIS IV Matrix reasoning

9.5

2.9

27

9.2

3.4

48

ns

0.1

10.1

9.9

d

WAIS IV Perceptual reasoning index PRI

100

14.0

41

98

16.8

69

ns

0.13

100

100

e

WAIS IV Similarities

9.4

2.2

37

9.3

3.2

65

ns

0.04

9.9

10.1

d

WAIS IV Digit Span

9.2

2.0

27

9.1

3.0

41

ns

0.04

9.9

10.1

d

WMS III Logical Memory

9.8

2.6

43

11.5

3.3

72

0.007

0.57

10

10

f

WMS III Logical Memory Delayed

9.8

2.5

42

11.1

3.3

70

0.03

0.44

10

10

f

Grooved Pegboard Dominant hand, seconds

76

19.8

27

74

21.1

57

ns

0.1

72

63

g

Grooved Pegboard Nd hand, s

82

20.8

26

80

23.9

55

ns

0.09

79

70

g

Grooved Pegboard (D + Nd), s

158

38.2

27

155

42.7

57

ns

0.07

151

133

g

Box and Block D hand, points

57

15.1

31

64

12.7

64

0.03

0.50

73

77

h

Box and Block Nd hand, points

57

14.4

30

63

13.3

60

0.08

0.43

71

74

h

Box and Block (D + Nd), points

115

29.5

31

126

25.0

61

0.09

0.40

144

151

h

Grip strength D Hand, kg

45

11.8

34

24

9.2

70

0.001

1.98

53

32

i

Grip strength Nd hand, kg

40

11.7

32

23

9.3

69

0.001

1.61

51

28

i

Grip Strength (D + Nd), kg

90

19.9

34

48

16.6

70

0.001

2.3

104

60

i

One foot stand, s

65

46.1

43

62

45.8

70

ns

0.06

80.2

80.4

j

PRF Dominance

7

4.6

34

5.2

4.2

63

0.06

0.41

11.3

9.8

k

PRF Exhibition

6.1

4.4

34

5.0

3.6

63

ns

0.23

9.8

9.6

k

PRF Achievement

9.3

3.5

34

7.8

3.1

63

0.03

0.45

10.6

10.4

k

PRF Succorance

7.9

2.9

34

9.5

3.3

63

0.02

0.51

10.2

11.0

k

PRF Affiliation

7.6

4.7

34

8.3

3.8

63

ns

0.16

12.5

12.7

k

PRF Nurturance

8.5

3.7

34

11.1

2.8

63

0.001

0.80

8.8

10.3

k

PRF Cognitive structure

9

2.8

34

8.8

2.7

63

ns

0.07

8.6

8.4

k

PRF Order

8.1

4.5

34

10.7

3.8

63

0.003

0.62

8.7

9.4

k

PRF Impulsivity

6.1

3.3

34

7.8

3.8

63

0.02

0.48

5.6

7.3

k

PRF Defendence

4.7

2.5

34

5.5

2.0

63

ns

0.35

5.7

6.7

k

PRF Anxiety

6.8

3.6

34

7.8

3.0

63

ns

0.30

3.8

5.9

k

PRF Guilt

7.8

5.6

34

10.1

5.2

63

0.04

0.43

6.0

6.6

k

PRF Aggression

7.3

3.0

34

7.4

3.8

63

ns

0.03

7.7

8.5

k

PRF Harm avoidance

8.4

3.8

34

11.3

4.3

63

0.001

0.71

6.3

8.8

k

PRF Sentience

7.1

2.9

34

9.6

4.3

63

0.001

0.68

7.9

10.4

k

PRF Desirability

7.1

3.0

34

7.8

2.4

63

ns

0.26

6.3

6.3

k

  1. Reference a = [39], b = [40], c = [37], d = estimate based on Wechsler [41] standardization data, e = estimated (Block + Matrix) PRI, f = [36], g = [31], h = [42] i = [33], j = [34], k = [38]
  2. WAIS IV and WMS scaled subtest scores, WAIS IV index scores, PRF raw scores
  3. ns = p > 0.1