Disturbi d'ansia Disturbi del sonno
Disturbi depressivi Disturbi di spettro ossessivo-compulsivo Disturbi dell'alimentazione e della nutrizione Disturbi bipolari
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Tabella 1
Confronto fra maschi e femmine sui punteggi AQ, AdAS, RRS, MOODS, TALS Maschi (N=93) Femmine (N=85) T sig. AQ Abilità Sociali 2.93 (2.55) 2.88 (2.51) .140 .889 Capacità di variare l’attenzione 4.43 (2.21) 4.62 (2.10) -.595 .553 Attenzione ai dettagli 4.73 (2.30) 4.78 (2.25) -.167 .868 Comunicazione 2.70 (2.13) 2.36 (1.88) 1.11 .268 Immaginazione 3.12 (1.77) 2.49 (1.54) 2.51 .013 AQ Totale 17.9 (7.0) 17.2 (6.3) .714 .476 AdAS Spectrum Infanzia/adolescenza 7.24 (3.73) 6.95 (4.34) .486 .628 Comunicazione Verbale 5.08 (2.96) 4.88 (2.88) .464 .643 Comunicazione non verbale 10.07 (4.76) 10.20 (4.79) -.174 .862 Empatia 2.80 (2.31) 2.47 (2.09) 1.01 .313 Routinarietà 13.19 (6.47) 13.67 (6.74) -.481 .631 Interessi ristretti/ruminazione 8.35 (4.20) 8.11 (4.04) .383 .702 Iper/ipo-reattività 3.55 (2.85) 3.77 (2.75) -.516 .607 AdAS Spectrum Totale 50.3 (21.8) 50.0 (21.3) .078 .938 MOODS-SR Umore depressivo 26.38 (10.91) 39.29 (15.87) -6.215 <001 Umore maniacale 10.89 (5.35) 9.19 (5.15) 2.137 .034 Energia depressiva 2.73 (2.39) 2.87 (2.42) -.394 .694 Energia maniacale 4.53 (2.86) 3.75 (2.62) 1.867 .064
57 Cognitività depressiva 8.35 (5.63) 8.76 (5.61) -.482 .630 Cognitività maniacale 7.66 (4.51) 6.18 (4.25) 2.230 .027 Ritmicità 7.54 (4.56) 11.05 (4.75) -4.981 <001 MOODS-SR Totale 68.0 (27.2) 81.0 (28.6) -3.070 .002 Score maniacale totale 23.0 (11.6) 19.1 (10.9) 2.313 .022 Score depressivo totale 37.4 (15.5) 50.9 (19.3) -5.052 <001 TALS-SR Eventi di perdita 2.79 (1.70) 3.38 (1.37) -2.505 .013
Reazione agli eventi
di perdita 7.68 (5.07) 9.77 (5.48) -2.623 .009 Eventi potenzialmente traumatici 2.82 (2.52) 2.58 (2.23) .666 .506 Reazione alla perdita o a eventi potenz. traumatici 4.59 (3.91) 5.35 (4.57) -1.189 .236 Rievocazione 1.82 (2.13) 2.42 (2.14) -1.867 .064 Evitamento e ottundimento delle emozioni 2.30 (2.43) 2.57 (2.81) -.665 .507 Comportamenti disadattivi .4945 (1.19) .4167 (1.08) .449 .654 Arousal .8352 (1.23) .9643 (1.41) -.644 .520 Caratteristiche di personalità/fattori di rischio 1.84 (1.54) 1.73 (1.43) .478 .633 TALS-SR Totale 25.1 (16.2) 29.2 (16.5) -1.618 .108
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Tabella 2
Confronto fra maschi e femmine rispetto alle principali diagnosi riportate alla SCID-5 Maschi (N=93) Femmine (N=85) Chi2 Sig. Disturbi bipolari 6 (6.5%) 3 (3.5%) 0.790 .050 Disturbi depressivi 10 (10.8%) 20 (23.5%) 5.173 .028 Disturbi d’ansia 27 (29%) 38 (44.7%) 4.706 .042 Disturbi dello spettro ossesivo- compulsivo 12 (12.9%) 13 (15.3%) .210 .672
Disturbi del sonno
26 (28.0%) 16 (18.8%) 2.05 .162
Disturbi della nutrizione e dell’alimentazione
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Tabella 3
Matrice di correlazione fra AdAS Spectrum totale, punteggio MOODS-SR (depressivo e maniacale), eventi potenzialmente traumatici del TALS-SR e punteggio TALS-SR AdAS Spectrum Totale MOODS- SR Totale MOODS- SR Totale Depres. MOODS- SR Totale Maniac. TALS- SR Eventi Potenz. Traumat. TALS- SR Totale AdAS Spectrum Totale - 0.660** 0.498** 0.607** 0.359** 0.529** MOODS- SR Totale - 0.894** 0.712** 0.478** 0.583** MOODS- SR Tot. Depres. - 0.345** 0.312** 0.405** MOODS- SR Tot. Maniac. - 0.483** 0.543** TALS- SR Eventi Potenz. Traumat. - 0.661** TALS- SR Totale - **P<0,01
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Tabella 3a
Matrice di correlazione fra AdAS Spectrum totale, punteggio MOODS-SR (depressivo e maniacale), eventi potenzialmente traumatici del TALS-SR e punteggio TALS-SR solo nel sottocampione maschile
AdAS Spectrum Totale MOODS- SR Totale MOODS- SR Totale Depres. MOODS- SR Totale Maniac. TALS- SR Eventi Potenz. Traumat. TALS- SR Totale AdAS Spectrum Totale - 0.695** 0.596** 0.601** 0.526** 0.620** MOODS- SR Totale - 0.895** 0.837** 0.645** 0.672** MOODS- SR Tot. Depres. - 0.524** 0.465** 0.477** MOODS- SR Tot. Maniac. - 0.641** 0.702** TALS- SR Eventi Potenz. Traumat. - 0.720** TALS- SR Totale - **P<0,01
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Tabella 3b
Matrice di correlazione fra AdAS Spectrum totale, punteggio MOODS-SR (depressivo e maniacale), eventi potenzialmente traumatici del TALS-SR e punteggio TALS-SR solo nel sottocampione femminile
AdAS Spectrum Totale MOODS- SR Totale MOODS- SR Totale Depres. MOODS- SR Totale Maniac. TALS- SR Eventi Potenz. Traumat. TALS- SR Totale AdAS Spectrum Totale - 0.671** 0.502** 0.626** 0.148** 0.441** MOODS- SR Totale - 0.898** 0.729** 0.338** 0.475** MOODS- SR Tot. Depres. - 0.378** 0.249** 0.317** MOODS- SR Tot. Maniac. - 0.277* 0.442** TALS- SR Eventi Potenz. Traumat. - 0.621** TALS- SR Totale - **P<0.01 *P<0.05
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Tabella 4
Analisi di mediazione nel campione totale di studenti
a. Effetto predittivo del totale AdAS Spectrum sul totale MOODS-SR
B(SE) Beta 95%IC p R2
AdAS Spectrum Totale
0.877(0.076) 0.660 0.727-1.026 <0.01 0.463
b. Effetto predittivo del totale AdAS Spectrum sugli eventi potenzialmente
traumatici del TALS-SR
B(SE) Beta 95%IC p R2
AdAS Spectrum Totale
0.040(0.008) 0.359 0.024-0.055 <0.01 0.129
c. Effetto predittivo degli eventi potenzialmente traumatici del TALS-SR sul totale MOODS-SR
B(SE) Beta 95%IC p R2
Eventi Potenz. Traum.
5.748(0.808) 0.478 4.153-7.342 <0.01 0.228
d. Modello di regressione multipla con totale AdAS Spectrum e eventi
potenzialmente traumatici del TALS-SR sul totale MOODS-SR
B(SE) Beta 95%IC p R2
AdAS Spectrum Totale 0.748(0.077) 0.563 0.596-0.900 <0.01 0.503 Eventi Potenz. Traum. 3.292(0.697) 0.274 1.916-4.669 <0.01
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Tabella 5
Analisi di mediazione nel campione totale di studenti
a. Effetto predittivo del totale AdAS Spectrum sul totale depressivo MOODS- SR
B(SE) Beta 95%IC p R2
AdAS Spectrum Totale
0.431(0.057) 0.498 0.319-0.544 <0.01 0.248
b. Effetto predittivo del totale AdAS Spectrum sugli eventi potenzialmente
traumatici del TALS-SR
B(SE) Beta 95%IC p R2
AdAS Spectrum Totale
0.040(0.008) 0.359 0.024-0.055 <0.01 0.129
c. Effetto predittivo degli eventi potenzialmente traumatici del TALS-SR sul totale MOODS-SR
B(SE) Beta 95%IC p R2
Eventi Potenz. Traum.
2.439(0.567) 0.312 1.319-3.558 <0.01 0.098
d. Modello di regressione multipla con totale AdAS Spectrum e eventi
potenzialmente traumatici del TALS-SR sul totale depressivo MOODS-SR
B(SE) Beta 95%IC p R2
AdAS Spectrum Totale 0.383(0.061) 0.444 0.263-0.503 <0.01 0.269 Eventi Potenz. Traum. 1.181(0.549) 0.151 0.096-2.265 <0.01
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Tabella 6
Analisi di mediazione nel sotto-campione di studenti di sesso maschile
a. Effetto preditttivo del totale AdAS Spectrum sul totale depressivo MOODS- SR
B (SE) Beta 95%IC p R2
AdAS Spectrum Totale
0.425(3.356) 0.596 0.305-0.546 <0.01 0.355
b. Effetto predittivo del totale AdAS Spectrum sugli eventi potenzialmente
traumatici del TALS-SR
B(SE) Beta 95%IC p R2
AdAS Spectrum Totale
0.060(0.010) 0.526 0.040-0.081 <0.01 0.277
c. Effetto predittivo degli eventi potenzialmente traumatici del TALS-SR sul totale MOODS-SR
B(SE) Beta 95%IC p R2
Eventi Potenz. Traum.
2.863(0.580) 0.465 1.710-4.016 <0.01 0.217
d. Modello di regressione multipla con totale AdAS Spectrum e eventi
potenzialmente traumatici del TALS-SR sul totale depressivo MOODS-SR
B(SE) Beta 95%IC p R2
AdAS Spectrum Totale 0.351(0.070) 0.492 0.211-0.491 <0.01 0.391 Eventi Potenz. Traum. 1.269(0.606) 0.206 0.065-2.472 <0.01
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Tabella 7
Analisi di mediazione nel sotto-campione di studenti di sesso femminile a. Effetto predittivo del totale AdAS Spectrum sul totale depressivo MOODS- SR
B (SE) Beta 95%IC p R2
AdAS Spectrum Totale
0.452(0.086) 0.502 0.281-0.623 <0.01 0.252
b. Effetto predittivo del totale AdAS Spectrum sugli eventi potenzialmente
traumatici del TALS-SR
B(SE) Beta 95%IC p R2
AdAS Spectrum Totale
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