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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Adolesc Health. 2007 Sep 29;41(6):551–558. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2007.06.013

Table 1.

Descriptives for Continuous Variables

Variable Range M SD Skew
Indicators for good self-control
Soothability 5-25 14.54 4.07 0.14
Planfulness 6-30 20.76 4.66 - 0.10
Problem solving 6-30 21.10 5.32 -0.41
Cognitive effort 6-30 18.86 5.76 -0.05
Future time perspective 7-35 20.71 5.50 0.19
Positive self-reinforcement 7-35 21.76 6.21 0.09
Indicators for poor self-control
Impatience 4-20 7.29 2.62 0.76
Distractibility 6-30 14.82 5.02 0.44
Impulsiveness 6-30 14.74 5.56 0.50
Angerability 6-30 12.01 5.33 1.18
Tension maintenance 5-25 14.02 5.64 0.31
Present orientation 7-35 19.05 4.99 0.47
Negative self-management 7-35 15.96 5.25 0.54
Measures of dietary intake
Saturated-fat intake 0-56 29.04 11.54 0.22
Fruit-vegetable intake 0-36 18.73 7.05 0.12

Note: N = 539 for descriptives.