Table 1.

Participant characteristics and group differences based on ADRD exposure

	Possible scale range	Overall sample N = 183 M (SD)	No ADRD exposure N = 66 M (SD)	Nongenetic ADRD exposure N = 55 M (SD)	Genetic ADRD exposure N = 62 M (SD)
Age	40 to 80	59.74 (9.63)	58.02 (9.58)	61.89 (9.36)	59.66 (9.68)
Years of education		14.17 (2.16)	14.06 (2.15)	14.18 (2.26)	14.28 (2.09)
General health	1 to 5	2.86 (.93)	2.86 (1.02)	2.95 (.85)	2.79 (.91)
DWS*	12 to 60	20.94 (9.72)	18.64 (7.50)a	20.33(8.93)a	23.94 (11.67)b
ACSS	1 to 4	2.40 (.68)	2.27 (.78)	2.40 (.65)	2.54 (.58)
Per risk**	1 to 5	2.54 (.94)	2.21 (.69)a	2.33 (.88)a	3.06 (.99)b
ERA-12	1 to 4	2.41 (.48)	2.37 (.52)	2.51 (.40)	2.35 (.48)
SDS	0 to 13	8.17 (2.82)	8.76 (2.49)	8.11 (2.49)	7.61 (3.30)
Internality	0 to 48	33.67 (6.32)	33.61 (6.75)	34.45 (5.37)	33.05 (6.63)
Powerful others	0 to 48	18.90 (9.19)	19.89 (8.99)	19.15 (8.93)	17.61 (9.63)
Chance	0 to 48	20.05 (8.88)	21.39 (9.17)	19.60 (7.68)	19.02 (9.51)

Note. DWS = Dementia Worry Scale; ACSS = Anticipated Cost of Stigma Scale; Per risk = self-perceived ADRD risk; ERA-12 = Expectations about Aging; SDS = Social Desirability Scale. Numbers with differing subscripts indicate significant group differences.

^*p ≤ .01

^**p ≤ .001.