Table 1.

Sample 1 and sample 2 participant demographic characteristics

Variable	Sample 1				Sample 2
	n	%	M	SD	n	%	M	SD
Sample size	184				172
Age			21.74	5.94			43.68	13.29
Gender
Female	134	72.8 %			133	77.8 %
Male	50	27.2 %			38	22.2 %
Race/ethnicity
Asian/Asian-American	12	6.5 %			3	1.8 %
Black/African-American	5	2.7 %			5	2.9 %
Latino(a)/Hispanic-American	3	1.6 %			4	2.3 %
Native American	1	0.5 %			3	1.8 %
White/European-American	152	82.6 %			154	90.1 %
Multi-racial	8	4.3 %			2	1.2 %
Other	3	1.6 %			0	0 %
Total chronic illnesses			1.39	0.87			1.88	1.36
Most common chronic illnesses: sample 1
Asthma	53	28.8 %
Inflammatory bowel disease	17	9.2 %
Diabetes	11	6.0 %
Most common chronic illnesses: sample 2
Inflammatory bowel disease					55	32.0 %
Multiple sclerosis					28	16.3 %
Fibromyalgia					26	15.1 %
Proportion of life with illness			0.33	0.29			0.22	0.22
Illness affects life			3.32	0.92			3.65	0.64
Not at all	1	0.5 %			1	0.7 %
Barely	25	13.6 %			8	4.8 %
Somewhat	86	46.7 %			45	26.9 %
Very much	59	32.1 %			113	67.6 %
Extremely	13	7.1 %			N/A	N/A
General health			3.24	0.90			2.70	0.93
Poor	4	2.2 %			14	8.2 %
Fair	32	17.4 %			58	33.9 %
Good	77	41.8 %			72	42.1 %
Very good	58	31.5 %			20	11.7 %
Excellent	13	7.1 %			7	4.1 %

Illness affects life was measured on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from not at all to extremely in sample 1 and a 4-point Likert scale ranging from not at all to very much in sample 2