Table 1 Descriptive analysis of measures for different predictors of mental problems.
Variables | Statistical values Percentage of cases mean scores Females/males (F:M) |
|---|---|
Participants | n = 2947 |
Sex (F:M) | n = 1348: n = 1599 |
Age [mean (SD)] (F:M) | 43.02 (16.5):42.32 (16.5) |
Mean educational level (SD in years) (F:M) | 5.4 (1.5):5.4 (1.9) |
Assessment of social cognition skills (SCS) (F:M) | |
Total percentage of face emotion recognition | 62% (17%):62.3% (17%) |
Percentage of negative emotion recognition | 46.7% (21%):45.2% (22%) |
Percentage of positive emotion recognition | 79.7% (22%):81.6% (22%) |
Mean scores of affective empathy in intentional scenarios | 5.5 (1.5):5.2 (1.5) |
Mean scores of affective empathy in accidental scenarios | 4.9 (1.3):5.0 (1.3) |
Mean scores of cognitive empathy in intentional scenarios | 6.6 (1.3):6.5 (1.3) |
Mean scores of cognitive empathy in accidental scenarios | 4.9 (1.5):4.8(1.4) |
Assessment of social determinants of health (SDH) (F:M) | |
Social adverse factors (mean of experiences of discrimination and isolation) | 0.7 (1.3):0.6 (1.3) |
Social adverse factors (mean of experiences of violence) | 1.2 (0.6):1.2 (0.6) |
Social adverse factors (mean of experiences of social isolation) | 4.4 (1.6):4.6 (1.6) |
Social protective factors (mean scores of family APGAR) | 9.2 (8.9):9.4 (9.0) |
Social protective factors (mean of number of the participation in social groups) | 0.43 (0.63):0.45 (0.69) |
Assessment of psycho-physical factors | |
Psychiatric antecedents (presence of general psychiatric antecedents across life) | 0.18 (0.68):0.11 (0.47) |
Psychiatric antecedents (presence of affective psychiatric antecedents across life) | 0.06 (0.33):0.03 (0.24) |
Psychical–somatic problems (mean of number of somatic symptoms) | 5.6 (1.1):5.4 (1.0) |
Cognitive functioning (mean of motor programing task) | 2.3 (0.7):2.3 (0.7) |
Cognitive functioning (mean of conflicting instructions tasks) | 2.5 (0.6):2.6 (0.6) |
Cognitive functioning (mean of inhibitory verbal control task) | 3.3 (2.1):3.4 (2.1) |
Cognitive functioning (mean of scores of the backwards digit span task) | 2.8 (1.0):3.0 (0.9) |
Assessment of symptoms of mental illness | |
Presence of depression symptoms | 1.2 (1.8):0.7 (1.4) |
Presence of anxiety symptoms | 1.4 (1.7):0.7 (1.3) |
Presence of other symptoms (convulsions, sensorial perceptual symptoms etc.) | 0.9 (0.9):0.7 (0.8) |