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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychosom Med. 2009 Sep 24;71(9):951–957. doi: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3181b9b2d7

Table 1.

Characteristics of the Sample (N=108)

Study Sample
Mean age (years) 34.47 ± 11.03
White 75.0%
African American 14.8%
Asian American 2.8%
Hispanic/Latino 3.7%
Other 3.7%
Completed at least some college 86.1%
Income less than 20K 16.7%
Income 20K-40K 44.4%
Income greater than 40K 37.1%
Not reported 1.9%
Married/Living with partner 57.4%
Single 36.1%
Divorced/Widowed 6.5%
Mean BDI Total Score 8.29 ± 6.11
Mean BDI Cognitive Score 4.87 ± 3.93
Mean BFI-N Total Score 22.67 ± 6.12

Note. BDI = Beck Depression Inventory; BFI-N = Neuroticism scale of the Big Five Inventory; BDI Cognitive Score refers to items 1–14 of the BDI and reflects the removal of physical symptom items from the BDI that may overlap with the symptom checklist.