Table I.
Demographics, Coping, Executive Functioning, and Internalizing Symptoms by Age Grouping
| Adolescents and emerging adults (n = 74) |
Young adults (n = 98) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| M (SD) or % | Range | M (SD) or % | Range | |
| Age | 19.32 (3.47) | 15–25 | 32.00 (3.69) | 26–39 |
| Sex (female) | 51 | 62 | ||
| Race/ethnicity (minority) | 10 | 12 | ||
| Living independently | 34 | 83 | ||
| Education | ||||
| Currently students | 72 | 8 | ||
| Not currently students | 28 | 92 | ||
| Completed high school or GED program | 46 | 78 | ||
| Completed collegea | 29 | 40 | ||
| Works full time | 16 | 55 | ||
| Estimated family incomeb ($) | 77,253 (36,519) | 12,718–167,509 | 65,483 (27,514) | 20,642–167,509 |
| Lesion severity | ||||
| Simple | 35 | 25 | ||
| Moderate | 41 | 41 | ||
| Complex | 24 | 34 | ||
| Functional limitations | ||||
| None | 78 | 63 | ||
| At least some | 22 | 37 | ||
| Global Executive Compositec | 46.93 (9.43) | 32–76 | 50.53 (12.37) | 34–100 |
| Copingd | ||||
| Primary control coping | 0.17 (0.03) | 0.10–0.26 | 0.17 (0.04) | 0.02–0.26 |
| Secondary control coping | 0.30 (0.06) | 0.10–0.44 | 0.30 (0.07) | 0.04–0.44 |
| Disengagement coping | 0.14 (0.03) | 0.09–0.21 | 0.14 (0.03) | 0.03–0.23 |
| Internalizinge | 50.19 (11.53) | 30–76 | 52.19 (14.18) | 30–98 |
Note. NYHA = New York Heart Association.
a
Completed at least 4 years of college.
b
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council uses loan application information, in conjunction with self-reported federal census data, to derive estimate family income within a specific geographic census tract.
c
Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (T-Score); higher scores indicate poorer self-report executive functioning.
d
Responses to Stress Questionnaire; higher scores indicate greater use of that coping response.
e
Youth Self-Report (ages 15–17 years) and Adult Self-Report (ages 18+ years) (T-Score); higher scores indicate greater internalizing symptoms.