EP & Gender: Sex differences in emotional processing
Emotional processing scores for males & females
Table 1
Emotional Processing Scores (EPS) for Males and Females.
The
ANCOVA model gives mean differences adjusted for group (psychological
disorders, students, colorectal cancer, controls)
| Emotional Processing Dimension |
Males (N=172) Mean score (sd) |
Females (n=292) Mean score (sd) |
Unadjusted mean difference | p-value | Adjusted mean difference | p-value |
| Egodystonic | 3.7 (2.1) | 3.7 (2.1) | 0.0 | 0.91 | 0.1 | 0.72 |
| Egosyntonic | 4.1 (1.8) | 3.9 (1.7) | 0.2 | 0.36 | 0.2 | 0.17 |
| Externalised | 3.0 (1.7) | 3.2 (1.6) | -0.2 | 0.21 | -0.2 | 0.20 |
| Intrusion | 4.4 (2.0) | 4.8 (1.7) | -0.4 | 0.03* | 0 | 0.81 |
| Avoidance | 3.7 (2.0) | 3.9 (1.9) | -0.2 | 0.38 | -0.4 | 0.05* |
| Dissociation | 3.6 (1.8) | 3.0 (1.8) | 0.6 | <0.001* | 0.5 | 0.002* |
| Suppression | 4.6 (2.1) | 4.0 (2.3) | 0.6 | 0.01* | 0.4 | 0.04* |
| Can't control | 3.3 (2.2) | 3.3 (2.0) | 0.0 | 0.67 | 0.1 | 0.75 |
* significant at
the 0.05 level
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