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

Table 4

Gender-based differences ().

	Men ()		Women ()		t		Cohen’s
	M	SD	M	SD
Profanity	143.235	58.392	121.374	57.638	2.924	0.004	0.377
Depression	31.194	11.062	32.658	10.435	1.062	0.289	0.137
Anxiety	27.439	9.986	28.555	9.996	0.866	0.388	0.112
Stress	31.439	11.467	34.761	11.413	2.252	0.025	0.291