Table 1.
Subject characteristics by group.
| Adolescents (AD) | Young adults (YA) | Mature adults (MA) | df | F/X2 | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 16 | N = 22 | N = 20 | |||||||
| CHARACTERISTICS | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |||
| Age | 16.63 | 0.50 | 24.10 | 1.9 | 37.75 | 8.25 | 2, 55 | 84.42 | <0.001 |
| Education | 10.69 | 0.48 | 15.36 | 1.53 | 15.30 | 1.63 | 2, 55 | 66.96 | <0.001 |
| Verbal IQ | 112.31 | 14.43 | 115.74† | 9.72 | 109.05† | 11.19 | 2, 51 | 1.53 | 0.23 |
| DEMOGRAPHICS | N | % | N | % | N | % | |||
| Female | 7 | 43.8 | 14 | 63.6 | 6 | 30 | 2 | 4.83 | 0.09 |
| Caucasian | 15 | 93.8 | 16 | 72.7 | 15 | 75 | 4 | 8.74 | 0.07 |
| Hispanic | 2 | 12.5 | 6 | 27.3 | 5 | 25 | 2 | 1.28 | 0.53 |
| QUESTIONNAIRES | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |||
| Barratt impulsivity scale | 57.00 | 11.64 | 56.63† | 11.58 | 52.85 | 7.59 | 2, 52 | 0.94 | 0.40 |
| Sensation seeking scale | 14.94 | 3.91 | 19.95† | 4.24 | 17.63† | 8.04 | 2, 51 | 3.24 | 0.05 |
| VAS RATINGS | |||||||||
| Pleasant | 4.80 | 2.11 | 5.54 | 2.01 | 5.33 | 2.33 | 2, 55 | 0.57 | 0.57 |
| Intensity | 1.16 | 1.14 | 0.88 | 0.94 | 1.45 | 1.63 | 2, 55 | 1.03 | 0.36 |
†
n = 19.