Table 3 Sociocultural adjustment, social support, and anxiety by gender

Anxiety, year 1

7.00 ± 5.3

10.19 ± 5.7

t = −2.47, p = 0.016*

Anxiety, year 2

6.86 ± 4.8

8.38 ± 5.2

t = 1.29, p = 0.200

Sociocultural Adjustment, year 1

1.86 ± 0.6

2.12 ± 0.6

t = −1.94, p = 0.056

Sociocultural Adjustment, year 2

1.84 ± 0.5

2.01 ± 0.5

t = −1.47, p = 0.146

Social Support, year 1

5.81 ± 0.9

5.85 ± 1.2

t = −0.16, p = 0.871

Social Support, year 2

5.91 ± 1.0

6.09 ± 1.2

t = −0.70, p = 0.483