Mental health, duration of unemployment, and coping strategy: a cross-sectional study of unemployed migrant workers in eastern china during the economic crisis

Table 4 Comparison of Scores of SCL-90-R sub-scales among long-term, short-term unemployed migrant workers and employed migrant workers

SCL-90-R sub-scales	M ± SD			F	Mean difference between long-term unemployed and short-term unemployed	Mean difference between long-term unemployed and employed	Mean difference between short-term unemployed and employed
	Long-term unemployed migrant workers(n = 73)	Short-term unemployed migrant workers (n = 137)	Employed migrant workers^a(n = 347)
SOM	2.00 ± 0.64	1.58 ± 0.51	1.43 ± 0.42	43.68***	0.42***	0.57***	0.15**
O-C	2.06 ± 0.59	1.89 ± 0.66	1.76 ± 0.56	8.97***	0.17*	0.31***	0.13*
INS	1.99 ± 0.56	1.89 ± 0.54	1.49 ± 0.49	45.69***	0.10	0.49***	0.39***
DEP	2.10 ± 0.69	1.98 ± 0.56	1.57 ± 0.56	40.10***	0.11	0.52***	0.41***
ANX	1.98 ± 0.59	1.72 ± 0.54	1.49 ± 0.47	32.31***	0.26***	0.49***	0.23***
HOS	2.08 ± 0.81	1.90 ± 0.69	1.57 ± 0.57	26.21***	0.18	0.50***	0.33***
PHOB	1.75 ± 0.67	1.46 ± 0.52	1.40 ± 0.46	14.00**	0.28***	0.37***	0.06
PAR	2.13 ± 0.58	1.90 ± 0.56	1.52 ± 0.49	56.67***	0.23**	0.61***	0.38***
PSY	1.79 ± 0.53	1.56 ± 0.55	1.47 ± 0.48	12.55***	0.24**	0.32***	0.09

Note:^* p < 0.05 ^** p < 0.01 ^*** p < 0.001.
^a For the data source, see reference No.46.
SOM Somatization, INS Interpersonal Sensitivity, ANX Anxiety, PHOB Phobic Anxiety, PSY Psychoticism.
O-C Obsessive-Compulsive, DEP Depression, HOS Hostility, PAR Paranoid Ideation, SCL-90-R Symptom Checklist-90-Revised.

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