Table 1.
Characteristics of participants at baseline per condition.
| Characteristic | Positive (n = 27) |
Negative (n = 27) |
Control (n = 27) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | |
| Age (years) | 29.78 | 12.37 | 28 | 12 | 26 | 9.50 |
| Gender (%) | ||||||
| Female | 59 | 67 | 59 | |||
| Male | 41 | 33 | 41 | |||
| BDI-II | ||||||
| At recruitment | 18.15 | 7.96 | 17.00 | 6.98 | 17.74 | 7.94 |
| At baseline (time 1) | 16.67 | 6.85 | 16.30 | 7.14 | 16.59 | 7.87 |
| BHS | 6.04 | 4.59 | 6.00 | 5.43 | 6.89 | 5.10 |
| STAI-T | 46.33 | 11.23 | 46.41 | 11.93 | 48.96 | 10.38 |
| SUIS | 41.15 | 6.52 | 38.63 | 8.39 | 39.85 | 9.10 |
Note: BDI-II = Beck Depression Inventory-II, BHS = Beck Hopelessness, STAI = Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, SUIS = Spontaneous Use of Imagery Scale, PANAS = total positive affect score from the PANAS.