Table 1.
Demographic and Clinical Data.
| Demographic variable | Oxytocin group (n = 26) |
Placebo group (n = 26) |
t/X2 | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (in years), Mean (SD) | 24.65 (7.28) | 24.19 (6.05) | −0.25 | 0.81 |
| Ethnicity, n (%) | 0.75 | 0.39 | ||
| Hispanic or Latino | 4 (15.40) | 2 (7.70) | ||
| Not Hispanic or Latino | 22 (84.60) | 24 (92.30) | ||
| Race, n (%) | 1.27 | 0.74 | ||
| Caucasian | 18 (69.20) | 16 (61.50) | ||
| African American | 2 (7.70) | 2 (7.70) | ||
| Asian | 4 (15.40) | 7 (26.90) | ||
| Other | 2 (7.70) | 1 (3.80) | ||
| Marital Status, n (%) | 4.02 | 0.26 | ||
| Single | 22 (84.60) | 23 (88.50) | ||
| Living with partner | 1 (3.80) | 3 (11.50) | ||
| Married | 2 (7.70) | 0 | ||
| Divorced | 1 (3.80) | 0 | ||
| Highest Educational Level, n (%) | 6.29 | 0.10 | ||
| Graduate School | 2 (7.70) | 8 (30.80) | ||
| College Graduate | 9 (34.60) | 6 (23.10) | ||
| Partial College | 14 (53.80) | 9 (34.60) | ||
| High School Graduate | 1 (3.80) | 3 (11.50) | ||
| Occupational Status, n (%) | 0.60 | 0.90 | ||
| Full-time employment | 5 (19.2) | 5 (19.20) | ||
| Part-time employment | 6 (23.1) | 6 (23.1) | ||
| Dependent on spouse or is a student | 9 (34.6) | 11 (42.30) | ||
| Other | 6 (23.1) | 4 (15.4) | ||
| Clinical Variable | ||||
| LSAS Total, Mean (SD) | 82.00 (18.16) | 83.00 (16.39) | 0.21 | 0.84 |
| SIAS Totala, Mean (SD) | 50.40 (10.35) | 47.96 (11.93) | −0.77 | 0.44 |
| ECR Avoidant Attachment Subscaleb, Mean (SD) | 3.43 (.89) | 3.61 (.98) | 0.49 | 0.63 |
| ECR Anxious Attachment Subscaleb, Mean (SD) | 4.47 (1.02) | 3.90 (1.13) | −1.33 | 0.20 |
LSAS = Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale; SIAS = Social Interaction Anxiety Scale; ECR = Experiences in Close Relationships Inventory.
a
n = 25 per group.
b
n = 12 (placebo), n = 13 (oxytocin).