Table 1.
Clinical and Demographic Characteristics
| Participants with MDD | Controls | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Real RNI | Sham RNI | Total | |
| Age, M (SD) | 28.00 (5.58) | 29.50 (9.40) | 28.71 (7.58) | 29.71 (10.25) |
| Gender, % female | 68.2 | 70.0 | 69.0 | 66.7 |
| Racial background, % white | 69.6 | 600 | 64.3 | 60.6 |
| Marital status, % single | 72.7 | 80.0 | 76.2 | 62.9 |
| Years of education, M (SD) | 15.32 (3.58) | 16.70 (2.62) | 15.98 (3.20) | 14.79 (3.58) |
| Number trainings completed, M (SD) | 5.82 (0.50) | 5.95 (0.39) | 5.88 (0.45) | --- |
| BDI-II, M (SD) | 30.14 (11.30) | 27.45 (9.34) | 28.86 (10.38) | 1.53 (2.36) |
| RRS, M (SD) | 62.55 (12.16) | 58.45 (8.86) | 60.60 (10.79) | 30.44 (9.25) |
| Pre-Training | ||||
| M-BDI-II, M (SD) | 31.90 (10.31) | 26.47 (9.14) | 29.39 (10.05) | 2.69 (3.20) |
| M-RRS, M (SD) | 56.46 (9.82) | 52.32 (7.36) | 54.54 (8.91) | 27.80 (6.09) |
| Negative intrusion effects, M (SD) | 35 2.01 (220.87) | 446.84 (218.32) | 397.17 (222.20) | 298.71 (199.04) |
| Positive intrusion effects, M (SD) | 397.44 (201.67) | 411.78 (242.13) | 404.27 (219.20) | 382.84 (196.98) |
| Post-Training | ||||
| M-BDI-II, M (SD) | 28.14 (10.55) | 22.50 (11.35) | 25.45 (11.18) | --- |
| M-RRS, M (SD) | 52.50 (11.02) | 49.05 (9.76) | 50.86 (10.46) | --- |
| Negative intrusion effects, M (SD) | 297.24 (177.82) | 301.87 (224.58) | 299.44 (198.93) | --- |
| Positive intrusion effects, M (SD) | 308.62 (208.71) | 313.92 (323.18) | 311.14 (265.93) | --- |
Note: BDI-II = Beck Depression Inventory-II, RRS = Ruminative Responses Scale, M-BDI-II = Modified Beck Depression Inventory-II (previous three days), M-RRS = Modified Ruminative Response Scale (previous three days).