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TableĀ 3 Perceived life balance, hours spent in different life areas and psychological functioning scores for YACs and non-YACs

From: Perceived life balance among young adult students: a comparison between caregivers and non-caregivers

Variables

YACs

Non-YACs

t

p

Cohenā€™s d

N

M

SD

N

M

SD

Perceived life balance

ā€ƒOverall life balance

74

34.8

9.8

246

37.2

8.1

-2.15

.03*

-.29

Satisfaction of time spent in particular life areas

ā€ƒSocial life

61

3.9

0.6

204

3.4

0.6

2.76

.001*

.39

ā€ƒEmployment

38

4.0

0.9

116

4.0

1.0

-.08

1.00

-.11

ā€ƒEducation

61

3.7

1.0

204

3.8

0.9

-.59

.66

-.06

ā€ƒPersonal time

61

3.5

1.0

204

3.7

0.9

-1.32

.20

-.19

ā€ƒCaregiving

58

3.9

0.8

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Hours spent on different life areas (hours/week)

ā€ƒSocial life

67

9.6

12.4

237

10.5

8.3

-.75

.46

-.10

ā€ƒEmployment

43

12.8

9.7

144

10.9

7.1

1.43

.16

.20

ā€ƒEducation

67

29.0

13.1

237

29.8

14.0

-.44

.66

-.06

ā€ƒPersonal time

67

11.5

11.5

237

15.0

11.6

-2.19

.03*

-.30

ā€ƒCaregiving

64

8.6

8.2

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Psychological functioning

Burnout

ā€ƒExhaustion

65

3.2

0.9

228

3.1

0.8

1.57

.15

.22

ā€ƒEmotional impairment

65

3.0

0.8

228

2.9

0.9

.91

.36

.13

ā€ƒCognitive impairment

65

3.1

1.0

228

3.0

0.8

1.19

.28

.17

ā€ƒNegative and positive affect

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ā€ƒNegative affect

65

23.3

7.3

230

21.6

7.1

1.76

.09

.23

ā€ƒPositive affect

65

31.0

6.5

230

31.1

6.6

-.20

.84

-.03

ā€ƒLife satisfaction

61

21.6

6.5

218

22.1

5.8

-.62

.54

-.09

  1. N Number of participants, M Mean, SDĀ Standard deviation, d Cohenā€™s d; pā€‰=ā€‰significant value (pā€‰<ā€‰0.05)
  2. *Results are significant at a p-value of 0.05