Comparison of the effect of hostility on the level of depression of drug addicts and non-addicts and the mediating role of sense of life meaning between them

Table 1 Gender and group differences in demographic characteristics and scale-related dimensions (n = 826)

Characteristics (M ± SD)	Drug addicts		Non-addicts		p
Characteristics (M ± SD)	Male (n = 233)	Female (n = 182)	Male (n = 174)	Female (n = 237)	P(gender)	P(group)
Age	39.30 ± 9.82	33.63 ± 7.69	23.99 ± 7.96	22.06 ± 6.16	< 0.001	< 0.001
BMI kg/m²	22.87 ± 3.03	23.37 ± 3.16	21.65 ± 2.92	20.51 ± 2.68	0.007	< 0.001
Cynicism	6.24 ± 2.57	5.19 ± 2.37	5.14 ± 2.49	5.33 ± 2.48	0.004	0.002
Hostile affect	2.28 ± 1.18	2.17 ± 1.14	2.36 ± 1.32	2.66 ± 1.22	0.123	< 0.001
Aggressive response	3.94 ± 1.95	3.58 ± 1.61	3.47 ± 1.99	3.57 ± 1.74	0.199	0.05
Hostile attitude	5.10 ± 2.23	4.75 ± 2.18	4.57 ± 2.26	4.30 ± 1.98	0.011	< 0.001
Social aversion	1.78 ± 1.04	1.67 ± 0.95	1.67 ± 1.17	1.74 ± 1.08	0.778	0.766
BDI	16.71 ± 10.03	12.49 ± 7.81	10.94 ± 10.50	9.23 ± 7.56	< 0.001	0.001
MLQ	45.91 ± 9.81	48.90 ± 9.28	47.46 ± 8.07	47.81 ± 9.31	0.008	0.492

P(gender): "gender" means that all participants were grouped by gender, P(group): "group" means that all participants were grouped by whether addicts or not
BDI: Beck Depression Inventory, MLQ: Meaning in Life Questionnaire

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