Table 2:
Participant demographic data, as reported by parent, for the 285 high school students in the stress reduction study.
| Total n=285 n (%) |
Mindfulness n=68 n (%) |
Wellness n=49 n (%) |
Included waitlist n=85 n (%) |
Excludeda waitlist n=83 n (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female gender | 138 (48.4) | 35 (51.5) | 28 (57.1) | 37 (43.5) | 38 (45.8) |
| Mean age in years | 15.7 | 15.7 | 15.6 | 15.6 | 15.7 |
| Ethnicity | |||||
| Hispanic | 14 (4.9) | 2 (2.9) | 5 (10.2) | 4 (4.7) | 3 (3.6) |
| Non-Hispanic | 177 (63.2) | 41 (60.3) | 28 (57.1) | 61 (71.8) | 47 (56.6) |
| Other/did not specify | 94 (33.0) | 25 (36.8) | 16 (32.7) | 20 (23.6) | 33 (39.8) |
| Race | |||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 3 (1.1) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.0) | 1 (1.2) | 1 (1.2) |
| Asian/East Indian* | 25 (8.8) | 10 (14.7) | 1 (2.0) | 11 (12.9) | 3 (3.6) |
| Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | 3 (1.1) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.0) | 2 (2.4) | 0 (0.0) |
| Black/African-American | 8 (2.8) | 4 (5.9) | 3 (6.1) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.2) |
| White/Middle Eastern† | 134 (47.0) | 26 (38.2) | 22 (44.9) | 53 (62.4) | 33 (39.8) |
| Other/did not specify | 82 (29.3) | 27 (39.8) | 17 (34.7) | 23 (27.0) | 15 (18.1) |
| Diagnoses | |||||
| Autism | 1 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.2) | 0 (0) |
| Anxiety | 11 (3.9) | 3 (1.5) | 1 (0.5) | 4 (2.0) | 3 (1.5) |
| Depression | 2 (0.7) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.0) | 1 (1.2) | 0 (0.0) |
| Medications | |||||
| Stimulant medication | 5 (1.8) | 1 (2.0) | 1 (2.0) | 1 (2.0) | 2 (2.4) |
| Non-stimulant ADHD medication | 2 (0.7) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.0) | 1 (2.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Antidepressants | 1 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.0) | 0 (0.0) |
a
Four classes without post-treatment measures.
*
P<0.05 for difference between wellness and mindfulness, included waitlist.
†
P<0.05 for difference between mindfulness and included waitlist.