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Table 4 Negative thoughts (PTCI), means, SD, statistics, and effect sizes (N = 34)

From: The contribution of personal and seniority variables to the presence of stress symptoms among Israeli UAV operators

Variables

Negative thoughts—total

Negative thoughts about the self

Negative thoughts about the world

Self-blaming

n

M

SD

p value1

n

M

SD

p value1

n

M

SD

p value1

n

M

SD

p value1

Total

34

55.44

20.10

34

28.296

9.45

34

18.21

9.91

34

8.94

5.58

Gender

 Male

28

53.93

18.90

 

28

27.21

8.60

 

28

17.64

9.38

 

28

9.07

5.99

 

 Female

4

60.75

27.86

.797

4

33.25

13.50

.818

4

18.75

12.58

.977

4

8.75

4.27

.660

Age

 ≤25 years

15

50.33

14.13

 

15

25.47

4.17

 

15

16.33

7.84

 

15

8.53

5.87

 

 >25 years

15

60.87

24.61

.289

15

31.33

12.79

.203

15

20.87

12.07

.439

15

8.67

4.97

.543

Family status

 Single

26

55.04

20.41

 

26

28.0

9.88

 

26

18.12

9.89

 

26

8.92

6.06

 

 Married

8

56.75

20.36

.951

8

29.25

8.46

.790

8

18.50

10.65

.984

8

9.00

3.96

.509

Seniority

 ≤36 months

8

51.25

14.79

 

8

26.38

5.37

 

8

18.38

9.62

 

8

6.50

1.41

 

 >36 months

26

56.73

21.56

.542

26

28.89

10.41

.683

26

18.15

10.18

.902

26

9.69

6.17

.135

Actual combat experience

 No

6

51.00

13.96

 

6

27.0

5.73

 

6

16.67

7.741

 

6

7.33

3.27

 

 Yes

28

56.39

21.27

.556

28

28.57

10.13

.820 s

28

18.54

10.41

.909

28

9.29

5.95

.378

  1. 1Mann–Whitney test