Research Article

Mental Strain and Chronic Stress among University Students with Symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Table 2

SCL-90-R and TICS T-scores, means, standard deviations, and group comparisons of the IBS group and the non-IBS reference group.

IBS group Non-IBS group MANOVA

SCL-90-R
 Somatization58.220.770.5552.440.460.3839.171, 355<.001.099
 Obsessive-compulsive53.751.020.7149.610.750.6014.201, 355<.001.038
 Interpersonal sensitivity53.010.990.7848.660.680.5817.361, 355<.001.047
 Depression56.711.150.8052.270.810.6319.071, 355<.001.051
 Anxiety55.960.840.7750.580.510.5620.931, 355<.001.056
 Hostility52.500.670.7050.010.520.614.231, 355<.05.012
 Phobic anxiety54.160.350.5250.380.200.3510.951, 355<.001.030
 Paranoid ideation49.800.680.6946.760.480.509.901, 355<.001.027
 Psychoticism54.740.510.5151.330.340.3812.661, 355<.001.034
 Global severity index (GSI)56.170.820.5650.580.550.4125.541, 355<.001.067
TICS
 Work overload60.5919.236.5156.0116.536.7914.661, 355<.001.040
 Social overload51.809.124.9250.728.434.491.941, 355.165
 Pressure to succeed53.3720.145.6050.8618.195.1711.671, 355<.01.032
 Dissatisfaction with job57.1413.995.2055.2512.735.574.871, 355<.05.014
 Excessive work demands62.4410.674.8158.558.614.4717.511, 355<.001.047
 Lack of social recognition57.887.093.3154.175.692.8917.971, 355<.001.048
 Social tension53.207.484.8051.256.494.174.291, 355<.05.012
 Social isolation60.0912.344.1057.7510.564.2715.961, 355<.001.043
 Chronic worries60.0610.233.8453.827.733.8637.521, 355<.001.096
 Chronic stress (SSCS)61.0625.668.7655.7920.298.5634.341, 355<.001.088

IBS: irritable bowel syndrome, SCL-90-R: symptom checklist 90 revised, TICS: Trier inventory for the assessment of chronic stress, GSI: global severity index, SSCS: screening scale for chronic stress, MANOVA: multivariate analysis of variance.