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Table 2 Sample characteristics and descriptive statistics of study variables

From: Internal consistency and factor structure of a brief scale assessing sensitivity to blood, injury, and mutilation

Variable

SOC (n = 675)

MA (n = 750)

𝜒 2

df

p value

% (n)

% (n)

Ethnicity

78.1

1

< 0.0001

White non-hispanic

66.8% (451)

43.5% (326)

   

Other

33.2% (224)

56.5% (424)

 

Education

22.0

1

< 0.0001

≤ High school

27.0% (182)

38.7% (290)

   

> High school

73.0% (493)

61.3% (460)

Marital status

24.3

1

< 0.0001

Married

65.9% (445)

53.1% (398)

   

Single

34.1% (230)

46.9% (352)

Rank

230.0

1

< 0.0001

E1-E4

30.2% (204)

70.4% (528)

   

≥ E5

69.8% (471)

29.6% (222)

Deployment a

623.2

1

< 0.0001

No

0.0%

62.1% (466)

   

Yes

100.0% (675)

37.9% (284)

 

M (SD)

M (SD)

t

df

p value

Age in years

29.9 (7.3)

26.9 (7.2)

7.80

1423

< 0.0001

CESb

12.5 (8.3)

10.0 (6.6)

4.89

669

< 0.0001

MQ-SBIM-10

0.9 (1.5)

0.8 (1.5)

1.83

1423

0.0670

MQ-SBIM-5

0.5 (0.9)

0.4 (0.9)

2.36

1423

0.0182

  1. aPrevious deployment to the Middle East region
  2. bCES data was examined for those who had previously deployed to the Middle East region (n = 675 for SOC; n = 284 for MA)