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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Behav Res Ther. 2018 Mar 27;105:17–26. doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2018.03.009

Table 2.

Baseline Sample Characteristics: Demographic and Clinical Variables.

Full Sample
N = 52
Mean (SD) or %
Study Completers
n = 39
Mean (SD) or %
Age 32.17 (14.67) 31.97 (14.82)
Years of education 15.27 (1.44) 15.46 (1.34)
Percent female 67.3 69.2
Race
 Caucasian 57.7 64.1
 African American 1.9 0
 Asian American/Pacific Islander 21.1 20.5
 More than one race 19.2 15.4
Percent Hispanic/Latino/a 11.5 12.8
Current undergraduate student 36.5 41
Full-time work or full-time student 73.1 74.4
Visited mental health professional past month 50 48.7
Taking psychiatric medication(s) 40.4 35.9
History of mental health treatment 82.7 79.5
History of psychiatric hospitalization 25 17.9
Ever dropped out of school/dropped class due to symptoms 44.2 41
Ever left a job due to symptoms 29.4 26.3
WTAR Standard Score 111.35 (12.04) 112.77 (11.94)
Treatment Expectancy #1: Self-Control 3.09 (.80) 3.08 (0.78)
Treatment Expectancy #2: Emo. Regulation 2.89 (.95) 2.95 (0.9)
Borderline Symptom List-23 (BSL-23) .50 (.46) .40 (.40)
BSL-23 Overall Functioning 61.13 (23.36) 64.54 (23.99)
BSL % NSSI Past Week .04 .06
BSL % Used Drugs in Past Week 34.8 32.4
MASQ General Distress-Depression 28.89 (11.17) 27.03 (10.94)
MASQ General Distress-Anxiety 24.38 (7.02) 23.35 (6.89)
MASQ Anhedonic Depression 63.43 (16.95) 61.19 (16.77)
MASQ Anxious Arousal 25.92 (9.27) 24.17 (8.22)
ABUSI 2.34 (3.91) 2.03 (3.50)

Note: WTAR = Wechsler Test of Adult Reading; MASQ= Mood and Anxiety Symptom Questionnaire; ABUSI=Alexian Brothers Urge to Self-Injure Scale. For full sample, n = 47 for Treatment Expectancy #1, BSL-23, STAB, MASQ,. & ABUSI; n = 46 for Treatment Expectancy #2 and BSL-Overall Functioning. For Completers, n = 37 for ABUSI, BSL, and MASQ.