Table 1. Characteristics of the full study sample according to age group and gender.
Young adolescents | Mid-adolescents | |||
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Male n=159 |
Female n=146 |
Male n=128 |
Female n=134 |
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Age (years) | 11.56 (0.50) | 11.56 (0.51) | 14.20 (0.47) | 14.17 (0.56) |
Non-verbal IQ score | 3.94 (2.02) | 4.42 (1.87) | 4.80 (2.03) | 4.96 (2.05) |
Depressive symptoms | 6.47 (5.06) | 7.94 (5.90) | 6.69 (4.93) | 9.73 (6.30) |
Recall task performance | ||||
Self-referential positive hits | 2.03 (1.60) | 2.05 (1.83) | 2.38 (1.71) | 2.95 (2.01) |
Self-referential negative hits | 2.32 (1.82) | 2.34 (1.82) | 2.54 (1.72) | 3.13 (1.91) |
Other-referential positive hits | 1.74 (1.45) | 2.10 (1.71) | 2.00 (1.61) | 2.62 (1.73) |
Other-referential negative hits | 1.95 (1.64) | 2.60 (1.94) | 2.45 (1.67) | 2.96 (1.85) |
Positive false alarms | 0.55 (0.89) | 0.64 (0.93) | 0.69 (0.99) | 0.70 (0.94) |
Negative false alarms | 0.67 (1.05) | 0.64 (1.03) | 0.59 (0.80) | 0.71 (1.01) |
Note. Young adolescents were recruited from Year 7 (11-12 years old) and mid-adolescents were recruited from Years 9-10 (13-15 years old). Age in years was missing for n=2 young adolescents. Gender was missing for n=10 young adolescents and n=1 mid-adolescent.