Describe the research findings.When the participants were compared according to their sociodemographic characteristics, it was observed that the groups had similar characteristics in terms of age, duration of education, marital status, presence of additional medical illness, smoking and alcohol use. able 1. Sociodemographic variables of clinical and healthy groups. PD N (%) GAD N (%) SAD N (%) Control N (%) Test Statistic p Sex Female 30 (60.0) 32 (64.0) 19 (38.0) 50 (54.9) X 2 = 7.920 0.049 * Male 20 (40.0) 18 (36.0) 31 (62.0) 41 (45.1) Marital Status Married 23 (46.0) 19 (38.0) 16 (32.0) 33 (36.2) X 2 = 2.238 0.517 * Single 27 (54.0) 31 (62.0) 34 (68.0) 58 (63.8) Comorbid Medical Illness Yes 10 (20.0) 8 (16.0) 13 (26.0) 15 (16.5) X 2 = 2.282 0.528 * No 40 (80.0) 42 (84.0) 37 (74.0) 76 (83.5) Presence of Mental Disorder in the Family Yes 18 (36.0) 9 (18.0) 16 (32.0) 9 (9.9) X 2 = 17.080 0.001 * No 32 (64.0) 41 (82.0) 34 (68.0) 82 (90.1) Smoking Yes 19 (38.0) 25 (50.0) 17 (34.0) 31 (34.1) X 2 = 3.983 0.278 * No 31 (62.0) 25 (50.0) 33 (68.0) 60 (65.9) Alcohol Use Yes 7 (14.0) 5 (10.0) 10 (20.0) 20 (21.9) X 2 = 3.864 0.280 * No 43 (86.0) 45 (90.0) 40 (80.0) 71 (78.1) Suicide Attempt History Yes 3 (6.0) 7 (14.0) 3 (6.0) 1 (1.1) X 2 = 9.827 0.019 * No 47 (94.0) 43 (86.0) 47 (94.0) 90 (98.9) PD (M SD) GAD (M SD) SAD (M SD) Control (M SD) F p Age 29.10 8.16 28.62 8.18 26.92 8.18 27.67 6.75 0.838 0.474 ** Duration of Education (Year) 12.64 3.02 11.28 3.31 11.50