Skip to main content

Table 2 Group mean and standard deviations of Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire and Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment

From: Psychological traits associated with anabolic androgenic steroid use and dependence: an exploratory cross-sectional study among female athletes

 

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

α

t

d

p

pFDR

WLC, n = 16

AAS, n = 16

     

Buss-Perrya

 Physical aggression

15.77 (4.94)

23.57 (8.78)

0.70

− 2.87

1.08

0.009

0.018

 Verbal aggression

17.08 (6.08)

18.79 (5.21)

0.65

− 0.78

0.30

0.442

0.500

 Anger

14.23 (4.71)

25.00 (8.04)

0.82

− 4.28

1.62

0.000

0.001

 Hostility

15.08 (5.96)

24.29 (9.79)

0.83

− 2.97

1.13

0.007

0.015

 Total aggression

62.15 (17.84)

91.64 (18.19)

0.87

− 4.25

1.64

0.000

0.001

ASEBA (T-scores)

 Anxious/depressive

53.31 (5.16)

65.25 (12.48)

0.93

− 3.54

1.25

0.002

0.005

 Withdrawn

53.06 (4.65)

58.62 (9.11)

0.76

− 2.18

0.77

0.040

0.066

 Somatic complaints

55.06 (5.84)

60.88 (10.95)

0.84

− 1.87

0.66

0.074

0.107

 Thought problems

52.81 (4.87)

57.50 (7.03)

0.56

− 2.19

0.77

0.037

0.065

 Attention problems

54.00 (3.69)

64.62 (6.74)

0.83

− 5.53

1.96

0.000

0.000

 Aggressive behavior

50.75 (1.29)

60.50 (8.16)

0.87

− 4.72

1.67

0.000

0.001

 Rule breaking

50.81 (1.72)

60.38 (8.80)

0.83

− 4.27

1.51

0.001

0.002

 Intrusive

51.31 (2.09)

54.31 (5.20)

0.59

− 2.14

0.76

0.045

0.069

 Internalizing

47.94 (11.09)

62.31 (13.73)

0.95

− 3.26

1.15

0.003

0.006

 Externalizing

42.06 (7.23)

59.81 (10.20)

0.91

− 5.68

2.01

0.000

0.000

 Depressive

52.81 (3.95)

64.56 (11.43)

0.87

− 3.89

1.37

0.001

0.003

 Anxious

51.19 (2.71)

57.62 (9.12)

0.82

− 2.71

0.96

0.015

0.027

 Somatic problems

53.06 (4.70)

57.31 (10.42)

0.84

− 1.49

0.53

0.152

0.197

 Avoidant

54.50 (5.68)

57.31 (7.29)

0.60

− 1.22

0.43

0.234

0.289

 ADHD

54.38 (6.76)

68.44 (10.12)

0.88

− 4.62

1.63

0.000

0.001

 Antisocial

51.12 (1.89)

62.62 (8.48)

0.83

− 5.29

1.87

0.000

0.001

 Friends

52.62 (5.50)

50.19 (7.87)

0.43

1.02

0.36

0.319

0.377

 Spouse/partnerb

52.60 (5.02)

51.00 (7.01)

0.73

0.54

0.27

0.596

0.646

 Family

45.19 (10.29)

45.19 (10.89)

0.74

0.00

0.00

1.00

1.00

 Jobc

50.69 (8.94)

45.55 (6.22)

0.65

1.76

0.65

0.090

0.123

 Educationd

47.83 (11.36)

46.33 (7.17)

0.58

0.27

0.16

0.791

0.823

  1. α = Cronbach’s α, t = Welch’s t-statistic, p adjusted = false discovery rate adjusted p-value
  2. amissing n = 3 WLC, n = 2 AAS
  3. bno spouse/partner n = 6 WLC, 8 AAS
  4. cnot currently working n = 5 AAS
  5. dnot currently a student n = 10 AAS, 10 WLC