Table 1.
Demographics, trait and dispositional self-report measures by groups.
| No stress (NS) group (n = 27) | Stress (S) group (n = 68) | Stress reactive (SR) group (n = 18) | NS vs. S statistic | p | NS vs. SR statistic | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender (% female) | 100% | 100% | 100% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Age (years) | 21.43 (±1.79) | 21.32 (±2.20) | 22.05 (±1.92) | t(93) = 0.22 | 0.83 | t(43) = 1.11 | 0.28 |
| Education (years) | 14.81 (±1.39) | 14.35 (±1.61) | 14.94 (±1.35) | t(93) = 1.31 | 0.19 | t(43) = 0.31 | 0.76 |
| Marital status (% single) | 100% | 93% | 89% | χ2(2) = 2.10 | 0.35 | χ2(1) = 3.14 | 0.08 |
| Income* (% < $50,000) | 90% | 74% | 69% | χ2(1) = 2.29 | 0.13 | χ2(1) = 2.29 | 0.13 |
| Compensation form (% monetary) | 85% | 90% | 78% | χ2(1) = 0.39 | 0.54 | χ 2(1) = 0.41 | 0.52 |
| Ethnicity (% Caucasian) | 85% | 59% | 61% | χ2(2) = 10.07 | 0.01 | χ2(1) = 3.39 | 0.07 |
| BDI-II | 1.85 (±2.38) | 2.21 (±2.34) | 1.67 (±2.03) | t(93) = −0.66 | 0.51 | t(43) = 0.27 | 0.79 |
| MASQ: GDA | 15.52 (±4.74) | 15.66 (±3.90) | 16.22 (±3.21) | t(93) = −0.15 | 0.88 | t(43) = −0.55 | 0.59 |
| MASQ: GDD | 16.85 (±5.25) | 18.10 (±5.12) | 17.72 (±5.79) | t(93) = −1.07 | 0.29 | t(43) = −0.52 | 0.60 |
| MASQ: AA | 20.52 (±4.82) | 19.59 (±3.62) | 19.28 (±3.05) | t(93) = 1.03 | 0.31 | t(43) = 0.97 | 0.34 |
| MASQ: AD | 49.56 (±10.90) | 49.71 (±10.68) | 45.83 (±8.99) | t(93) = −0.06 | 0.95 | t(43) = 1.20 | 0.24 |
| Perceived stress scale | 19.67 (±6.33) | 20.68 (±5.86) | 20.83 (±4.62) | t(93) = −0.74 | 0.46 | t(43) = −0.67 | 0.51 |
| TEPS: anticipatory | 64.67 (±6.68) | 64.65 (±9.78) | 66.11 (±7.80) | t(93) = 0.01 | 0.99 | t(43) = −0.67 | 0.51 |
| TEPS: consummatory | 48.41 (±5.56) | 50.66 (±6.06) | 52.22 (±5.70) | t(93) = −1.67 | 0.10 | t(43) = −2.23 | 0.03 |
| BIS/BAS: reward responsiveness | 7.48 (±1.67) | 7.51 (±2.18) | 7.56 (±2.09) | t(93) = −0.07 | 0.94 | t(43) = −0.13 | 0.90 |
| BIS/BAS: drive | 9.19 (±1.96) | 9.06 (±2.13) | 9.06 (±1.73) | t(93) = 0.27 | 0.79 | t(43) = 0.23 | 0.82 |
| BIS/BAS: fun seeking | 8.04 (±2.16) | 7.78 (±2.23) | 8.00 (±2.47) | t(93) = 0.51 | 0.61 | t(43) = 0.05 | 0.96 |
| BIS/BAS: inhibition | 16.00 (±2.82) | 15.40 (±2.83) | 15.33 (±2.74) | t(93) = 0.94 | 0.35 | t(43) = 0.79 | 0.44 |
BDI-II, Beck Depression Inventory-II; MASQ, Mood and Anxiety Symptom Questionnaire; GDA, General Distress Anxious; GDD, General Distress Depressive; AA, Anxious Arousal; AD, Anhedonic Depression; TEPS, Temporal Experience of Pleasure Scale; BIS/BAS, Behavioral Inhibition and Behavioral Activation Scales.
*
Participants who chose not to report income are not included in the Income statistics; 7 out of 27 (26%) “no stress” participants and 15 out of 68 (22%) “stress” participants chose not to report income. The bold values serve to highlight statistically significant values.