Table 1.
Characteristics of the MDD, GAD, MDD-GAD, and CTL Groups
| Variable |
MDD |
GAD |
MDD-GAD |
CTL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
M (SD) or % |
M (SD) or % |
M (SD) or % |
M (SD) or % |
|
| Age | 31.56 (10.28) | 31.07 (6.97) | 35.50 (10.10) | 34.68 (9.88) |
| % college educated | 68.8% | 66.7% | 65.0% | 68.4% |
| Race/ethnicity* | ||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 50.0% | 66.7% | 60.0% | 66.7% |
| Hispanic | 0% | 13.3% | 10.0% | 0% |
| African-American | 6.3% | 0% | 5.0% | 11.1% |
| Asian-American | 18.8% | 20.0% | 15.0% | 5.6% |
| Mixed Race/Other | 25.0% | 0% | 10.0% | 16.7% |
| % prompt completion | 57.3% | 65.5% | 68.3% | 65.1% |
| BDI-II | 28.25 (8.56) c | 14.20 (9.56) b | 30.70 (10.63) c | 1.47 (2.63) a |
| GAD-Q-IV | 8.01 (4.03) b | 10.94 (1.13) c | 10.38 (2.62) c | 1.89 (2.23) a |
| RRS Brooding* | 13.44 (2.66) b | 11.93 (4.00) b | 15.50 (2.65) c | 6.44 (1.20) a |
| PSWQ | 55.19 (15.20) b | 68.07 (6.66) c | 61.00 (13.26) b,c | 40.79 (12.48) a |
| GAF | 55.94 (5.18) c | 64.13 (5.69) b | 54.45 (6.09) c | 89.37 (8.75) a |
Note. MDD = current major depressive disorder; GAD = current generalized anxiety disorder; MDD-GAD = current major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder; CTL = no past or current psychiatric disorder; BDI-II = Beck Depression Inventory-II; GAD-Q-IV = Generalized Anxiety Disorder Questionnaire-IV; RRS Brooding = Ruminative Response Scale Brooding Subscale; PSWQ = Penn State Worry Questionnaire; GAF = Global Axis of Functioning.
*
For each variable, data were missing for one CTL participant.
a,b,c
Different superscripts within rows indicate significant pairwise comparisons, p < .05.