Clinical Study

Depressive and Aggressive Responses to Frustration: Development of a Questionnaire and Its Validation in a Sample of Male Alcoholics

Table 1

Gender differences in the subscales of the QDF (means, SD, SEM, and significance of differences ).

ScalesMeanSDSEM ScalesMeanSDSEM
MaleFemaleMaleFemaleMaleFemaleMaleFemaleMaleFemaleMaleFemale

posNH12.573.462.322.710.560.47negNH13.274.652.282.820.550.49
posNH26.806.342.161.870.520.33negNH27.087.002.311.890.560.33
posNH34.154.682.112.350.510.41negNH35.376.462.192.280.530.40
posNH44.714.171.661.690.400.29negNH44.233.191.971.850.480.32
posNH52.141.951.231.230.300.21negNH54.514.691.201.960.290.34
posNH64.384.531.881.870.460.33negNH62.322.451.231.880.300.33
posh+11.913.002.072.670.500.46negh+12.433.091.982.540.480.44
posh+27.077.401.981.550.480.27negh+26.536.752.161.800.520.31
posh+31.942.691.661.890.400.33negh+33.243.822.022.230.490.39
posh+46.065.371.961.590.470.28negh+44.754.281.771.640.430.29
posh+51.130.941.231.220.300.21negh+53.163.351.141.660.280.29
posh+62.092.021.651.570.400.27negh+64.504.672.081.820.510.32
posh++11.822.541.612.140.390.37negh++11.472.371.672.250.400.39
posh++26.696.801.801.700.440.30negh++26.245.892.582.190.630.38
posh++32.383.481.251.740.300.30 * negh++35.535.802.182.370.530.41
posh++44.973.771.901.760.460.31 * negh++42.071.991.451.490.350.26
posh++53.633.551.461.720.350.30negh++52.282.871.591.930.390.34
posh++64.104.482.051.500.500.26negh++67.417.431.621.480.390.26

* ; pos/neg = withdrawal of positive/application of negative reinforcers; NH/H = nonhuman/human sources of frustration, h+/h++ unintentional/deliberate frustration by humans; numbers 1–6 see reactions 1–6 to QDF scales.