Profanity as a Self-Defense Mechanism and an Outlet for Emotional Catharsis in Stress, Anxiety, and Depression

Table 1

Descriptive statistics ().

Variable	Items		M	SD	%	Range		Skewness	Kurtosis
						Potential	Actual
Profanity	62	0.983	129.841	58.791	41.88	62-310	62-310	0.767	-0.526
Depression	14	0.917	32.090	10.684	57.30	14-56	14-56	0.206	-0.817
Anxiety	14	0.906	28.122	9.986	50.21	14-56	14-56	0.515	-0.394
Stress	14	0.923	33.474	11.525	59.77	14-56	14-56	-0.054	-1.051

α = Cronbach’s alpha; M = mean; SD = standard deviation.