Table 5 Differences in psychosocial variables according to the perpetration or not of online dating violence

Self-esteem

30.09

5.45

27.93

5.86

 − 1.94 (.052)

31.06

5.36

28.95

5.47

 − 3.52 (< .001)*

31.40

5.33

28.89

5.51

 − 3.88 (< .001)*

Hostility

10.74

3.90

12.04

4.33

1.66 (.096)

9.82

3.47

11.73

4.13

4.72 (< .001)*

9.67

3.40

11.63

4.11

5.04 (< .001)*

Attention

29.01

6.54

29.29

6.97

0.41 (.678)

28.61

6.34

29.34

6.74

1.14 (.254)

28.74

6.37

29.06

6.75

1.08 (.280)

Clarity

25.41

6.96

24.48

8.05

 − 0.64 (.519)

26.01

6.88

24.76

7.18

 − 1.62 (.105)

26.11

6.53

24.63

7.22

 − 2.21 (.027)*

Repair

27.06

6.30

25.57

6.91

 − 1.00 (.316)

27.97

6.25

26.08

6.33

 − 2.63 (< .001)*

28.25

6.11

26.20

6.26

 − 2.76 (.006)*

Subjective distress

12.76

2.21

13.32

2.34

1.23 (.218)

12.71

2.27

12.90

2.20

0.98 (.328)

12.56

2.25

12.89

2.15

1.19 (.232)

Problems/symptoms

28.41

7.62

31.79

7.39

2.33 (.019)*

26.68

7.39

30.42

7.48

4.91 (< .001)*

26.23

7.08

30.54

7.57

5.19 (< .001)*

General functioning

33.04

3.82

34.07

3.71

1.35 (.175)

32.79

3.67

33.42

3.93

1.59 (.112)

32.88

3.59

33.41

3.87

1.17 (.242)

Risk

4.44

1.46

4.39

1.10

0.18 (.854)

4.30

1.16

4.56

1.63

1.51 (.131)

4.24

0.86

4.56

1.63

1.55 (.121)