Table 4: Psychosocial Measures for the CFS and Control Samples. Scores are the Group Means with s.e.m in Parenthesis

CFS (N=307) Controls (N=126) F, df, p
Psychosocial Factors:
Daily Hassles (↑scores=↑severity) 46.51 (2.06) 32.73 (2.76) 14.26, 1 421, 0.001
Self Esteem
(↑scores=↑SE)
57.32 (0.92) 58.91 (1.30) n/s
Perceived Stress
(↑scores=↑stress)
26.76 (0.48) 22.55 (0.77) 21.851, 1 421, 0.001
Positive Life Events (↑scores=↑PLE)
Negative Life Events (↑scores=↑NLE)
0.78 (0.07)
2.34 (0.13)
1.26 (0.13)
2.66 (0.21)
12.65, 1 426, 0.001
n/s