Table 1.
Means (and Standard Deviations) for the Total Sample and for Adolescents with No, Past Only, and Current Internalizing Symptoms
| Variables | Total Sample (n = 70) |
No Internalizing (n = 37) |
Past Only Internalizing (n = 23) |
Current Internalizing (n = 10) |
F (2, 70) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % Female | 45.7 | 48.6 | 39.1 | 50.0 | --- |
| Mean Age | 15.3 (.8) | 15.3 (.7) | 15.4 (1.0) | 15.4 (.5) | .43 |
| Subjective Distress | 7.1 (6.0) | 6.1 (5.6) | 7.2 (4.7) | 10.7 (8.9) | 1.09 |
| Current Internalizing T | 49.0 (10.4) | 45.0 (8.7) | 48.2 (7.2) | 65.9 (4.4) | 11.62** |
| Cortisol AUCg | 526.9 (311.9) | 528.3 (326.7) | 578.8 (328.9) | 402.2 (174.6) | 1.40 |
| Cortisol AUCi | 14.5 (267.5) | 45.0 (308.5) | −1.5 (242.0) | −61.9 (117.1) | 1.30 |
| Baseline Cortisol | .09 (.06) | .09 (.06) | .10 (.06) | .08 (.03) | .40 |
| Post-discussion Cortisol | .09 (.07) | .09 (.07) | .11 (.08) | .08 (.04) | .39 |
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p < .001 Note. Above analyses adjusted for time since awakening, pubertal development, and gender (excluded for ANCOVA with gender as the dependent variable). Cortisol AUCg was log-transformed for ANCOVA. Baseline and post-discussion cortisol concentrations are in ug/dL.