This initial investigation examined how state legislators score on a security-insecurity measure compared with a similar non-political group. Legislators (n = 30) scored significantly lower (M = 9.5, σ = 7.5) than the control group of 30 (M = 17.8, σ = 11.9), which indicates a higher mean level of security for the political group.
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