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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Posit Psychol. 2022 May 8;18(4):592–605. doi: 10.1080/17439760.2022.2070529

Table 1.

Sample Characteristics of Study 1 and Study 2

Study 1 Study 2
Intervention (N=160) Control (N=164) p Intervention
(N=58)
Control (N=60) p
Age, Mean (SD) 30.40 (9.65) 29.37 (8.63) .31 28.09 (6.3) 28.03 (6.1) 0.96
Gender, N (%)
 Male 56 (35.00) 61 (37.20) 23 (39.67) 24 (40.69)
 Female 104 (65.00) 103 (62.80) 34 (58.62) 32 (54.24)
 Othera 0 0 .68 1 (1.72) 3 (5.08) 0.58
Race/Ethnicity Status, N (%)
 Black/African American 19 (11.88) 17 (10.37) 4 (6.90) 6 (10.17)
 European American 64 (40.00) 65 (39.63) 21 (36.21) 24 (40.68)
 Hispanic/Latino 12 (7.45) 16 (9.76) 5 (8.62) 6 (10.17)
 Asian 59 (36.88) 54 (32.93) 18 (31.03) 17 (28.81)
 Other 6 (3.75) 12 (7.32) .58 8 (13.79) 4 (6.78) 0.41
Income, N (%)
 Lower or equal to $39,999 100 (62.11) 86 (52.44) 28 (48.28) 26 (43.33)
 $40,000 to $79,999 37 (23.13) 52 (31.71) 17 (29.31) 17 (28.33)
 More than $80,000 22 (13.75) 25 (15.24) .29 13 (22.41) 16 (25.67) 0.89
Employment, N (%)
 Working full-time 42 (26.25) 51 (31.10) 19 (32.76) 23 (38.98)
 Working part-time 18 (11.25) 15 (9.15) 10 (17.24) 14 (23.73)
 Not employed or currently looking for jobs 28 (17.50) 29 (17.68) 0 1(1.69)
 Full-time/part time student 70 (43.75) 69 (42.07) .54 4 (6.90) 1(1.69) 0.22
Education, N (%)
 GED, high school or lower than high school 9 (5.63) 11 (6.71) 1(1.7) 5 (8.5)
 Some college or college degree 95 (59.38) 107 (65.24) 46 (79.31) 48 (80.0)
 Graduate school 56 (35.00) 46 (28.05) .40 11 (18.97) 6(7.50) 0.12

Note. Chi-square analyses were conducted to compare differences in categorical variables between the intervention and the control group. T-tests were conducted to compare differences in continuous variables between the intervention and the control group.

a

An “other” option was not included in Study 1