Table 1.
Demographic and mood information for all participants.
| Age (years) | |
| Mean | 19.8 |
| Range | 18–23 |
| Education (years) | |
| Mean | 13.9 |
| Range | 12–16 |
| Ethnicity (n) | |
| Non-Hispanic | 61 |
| Hispanic | 7 |
| Decline to State | 2 |
| Race (n) | |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 0 |
| Asian | 14 |
| Pacific Islander/Native Hawaiian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| White | 37 |
| More than one race | 14 |
| Unknown or not reported | 5 |
| Trait Anxiety | |
| Active | 41.8 |
| Inactive | 39 |
| Depression | |
| Active | 16.8 |
| Inactive | 15.3 |
| Time of year tested (n) | |
| September | 11 |
| October | 15 |
| November | 21 |
| December | 4 |
| January | 3 |
| February | 12 |
| March | 7 |
| April | 12 |
Women did not differ on scores of depression (CES-D; Radloff, 1977) or trait anxiety (STAI-Y2; Spielberger et al., 1983) between the HC phases. Women were tested during the fall and spring academic semesters.