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Table 5.

Relationship between experience of stressful life events and DASS-21 (%)

DASS-21	Marital separation			Personal/family health issue			Major change in living condition/s			Loss of close friend/s
Subscale	Mean		t-test	Mean		t-test	Mean		t-test	Mean		t-test
	Yes	No		Yes	No		Yes	No		Yes	No
	n = 3	n = 205		n = 148	n = 60		n = 40	n = 172		n = 22	n = 189
Depression			ns	8.15	6.01	2.90**			ns	9.11	6.38	2.45*
Anxiety			ns	9.24	7.24	3.08**	9.14	7.51	2.17*	10.50	7.53	3.06**
Stress	14.0	7.06	2.79**	8.53	6.61	2.68**			ns	9.33	6.92	2.41*

DASS-21	Marital separation			Personal/family health issue			Major change in living condition/s			Loss of close friend/s
Subscale	Mean		t-test	Mean		t-test	Mean		t-test	Mean		t-test
	Yes	No		Yes	No		Yes	No		Yes	No
	n = 3	n = 205		n = 148	n = 60		n = 40	n = 172		n = 22	n = 189
Depression			ns	8.15	6.01	2.90**			ns	9.11	6.38	2.45*
Anxiety			ns	9.24	7.24	3.08**	9.14	7.51	2.17*	10.50	7.53	3.06**
Stress	14.0	7.06	2.79**	8.53	6.61	2.68**			ns	9.33	6.92	2.41*

Note(s):

** p < 0.01 level (2-tailed); * p < 0.05 level (2-tailed)

Source(s): Authors’ own work