Are social conflicts at work associated with depressive symptomatology? Results from the population-based LIFE-Adult-Study

Table 1 Sample description (overall/by gender)

	Total (n = 2164)		Men (n = 856)		Women (n = 1308)		P-value*
Variable	mean/%	SD	mean/%	SD	mean/%	SD	P-value*
Age	49.3	7.9	49.4	8.1	49.3	7.7	0.924
Education low (%)	1.9		2.3		1.5		P < 0.001
Education middle (%)	63.6		57.2		67.8
Education high (%)	34.5		40.4		30.7
Social resources	17.5	5.0	17.3	5.1	17.5	4.9	0.385
Neuroticism	3.2	1.1	3.0	1.1	3.4	1.2	P < 0.001
Extraversion	3.7	1.3	3.6	1.2	3.8	1.3	0.004
Interpersonal conflict	2.8	0.4	2.8	0.4	2.9	0.5	P < 0.001
Frequency. of conflictual contact	3.3	0.5	3.3	0.4	3.3	0.5	0.197
Dealing with physically aggressive people	1.8	0.5	1.7	0.5	1.8	0.5	P < 0.001
Dealing with angry people	3.4	0.5	3.3	0.5	3.5	0.5	P < 0.001
Depressive symptoms (CES-D-score)	10.0	6.9	8.6	5.4	10.8	7.6	P < 0.001

n = 2164; age reported in years; education assessed according to CASMIN (Comparative Analysis of Social Mobility in Industrial Nations)-classification categories low, middle, and high; neuroticism and extraversion assessed by the NEO-16-AM; social resources assessed by the Lubben Social Network Scale; CES-D = Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale; * p-values based on Chi²- and two-sample t-tests, as appropriate

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