TABLE 1. Descriptive statistics among the low-BDI group and the high-BDI group.
| Low-BDI group (N=56) |
High-BDI group (N=50) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Min–max | Mean | SD | Min–max | |
| Age (years) | 18.41 | 2.70 | 17–37 | 18.48 | 1.09 | 17–22 |
| Gender (% female) | 82 | 92 | ||||
| BDI-II | 1.91 | 1.05 | 0–3 | 24.88 | 5.20 | 20–41 |
| RPA-Dampening | 10.02 | 2.69a | 7–17 | 15.71 | 4.19b | 7–26 |
| Observer memories (prop) | ||||||
| Positive | 0.29 | 0.25 | 0–1 | 0.37 | 0.26 | 0–1 |
| Negative | 0.30 | 0.25 | 0–1 | 0.28 | 0.23 | 0–0.8 |
| aN=54 (two missing data). | ||||||
| bN=48 (two missing data). | ||||||
| BDI-II=Beck Depression Inventory-II; RPA-Dampening=Dampening subscale of the Responses to Positive Affect questionnaire. The two groups significantly differed on RPA-Dampening, F(1, 78)=64.87, p<.001, Welch's F. | ||||||