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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 2015 Jan 28;131:57–63. doi: 10.1016/j.pbb.2015.01.014

Table 1.

A comparison of the emerging adult (22–25 years old) and adult groups (26–40 years old).

Emerging Adults
(n = 7)
Adults
(n = 9)
t(14) p value
General
Age 23.14 ± 0.46 29.44 ± 1.58 −3.83a 0.004
SES 52.25 ± 1.62 53.64 ± 2.46 0.44 ns
Gender (% female) 28.6 33.3 ns
Ethnicity (% non-white) 14.3 33.3 ns
Personal and Familial Substance Use
AUDIT 4.29 ± 0.87 5.56 ± 1.24 −0.79 ns
DUSI 0.12 ± 0.04 0.11 ± 0.05 0.22 ns
FTQ 0.23 ± 0.06 0.13 ± 0.06 1.13b ns
Psychometric Measures
BIS 59.00 ± 1.84 57.56 ± 1.59 0.60 ns
FTPI-Mean Extension 11.70 ± 3.31 8.78 ± 2.42 0.73 ns
FTP1-Max Extension 42.29 ± 9.46 35.44 ± 9.85 0.49 ns
MMPI 8.00 ± 1.23 6.78 ± 1.27 0.68 ns
BDI 3.86 ± 1.06 3.00 ± 0.82 0.65 ns
STAI-Trait Score 30.29 ± 1.39 34.78 ± 2.72 −1.35 ns
LOC 11.71 ± 0.68 10.11 ± 1.09 1.25c ns