Table 1.
Demographic and Negative Affect Data for Severe TBI and Control participants.
| Severe TBI (N = 10) | Control (N = 12) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Range | Mean | SD | Range | |
| Age (yrs) | 25.1 | 7.3 | 20–40 | 22.9 | 6.4 | 19–42 |
| Educational Level (yrs) | 13.9 | 1.7 | 12–17 | 14.7 | 1.2 | 13–17 |
| Parental Educational Level (yrs) | 14.0 | 2.4 | 12–19 | 14.3 | 3.1 | 8–17 |
| Time Since Injury (months) | 8.2 | 3.7 | 2–13 | -- | -- | -- |
| Initial Glasgow Coma Scale Score | 3.6 | 1.3 | 3–6 | -- | -- | -- |
| Loss of Consciousness (days) | 22.9 | 18.1 | 1–60 | -- | -- | -- |
| Post-traumatic Amnesia (days) | 28.3 | 14.9 | 13–60 | -- | -- | -- |
| NAART Errors* | 32.6 | 10.2 | 14–43 | 23.8 | 5.5 | 15–36 |
| NAART IQ Estimate | 102.4 | 7.9 | 94–117 | 109.3 | 4.3 | 99–116 |
| BDI-II Score* | 13.1 | 8.5 | 1–31 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 0–18 |
| STAI-State | 32.2 | 7.7 | 20–45 | 29.5 | 7.0 | 20–42 |
| STAI-Trait | 33.5 | 10.1 | 21–48 | 31.8 | 8.0 | 23–50 |
Note: BDI-II = Beck Depression Inventory—2nd Edition; NAART = North American Adult Reading Test; STAI=State-Trait Anxiety Inventory.
*
Mean difference significant at p<.05 by independent-samples t-test.