Table 1.
Descriptive Statistics (n = 61).
| N | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Marital status | Single | 56 | 91.8 |
| Married | 4 | 6.6 | |
| Divorced | 1 | 1.6 | |
| Education | Baccalaureate | 34 | 55.7 |
| University degree | 20 | 32.8 | |
| Secondary school | 3 | 4.9 | |
| Elementary School | 2 | 3.3 | |
| Others | 2 | 3.3 | |
| Employment | Studying | 46 | 75.4 |
| Employed | 8 | 13.1 | |
| Unemployed | 5 | 8.2 | |
| In school | 2 | 3.3 | |
| Nationality | Swiss | 37 | 60.7 |
| German | 10 | 16.4 | |
| Turkish | 2 | 3.3 | |
| French | 1 | 1.6 | |
| Italian | 1 | 1.6 | |
| Others | 10 | 16.4 | |
| Tobacco use | Yes | 19 | 31.1 |
| No | 42 | 68.9 | |
| Cannabis use | Yes | 9 | 14.8 |
| No | 52 | 85.2 | |
| Alcohol use | Yes | 49 | 80.3 |
| No | 12 | 19.7 | |
| Medical use | Yes | 47 | 77.0 |
| No | 6 | 9.8 | |
| Without information | 8 | 13.1 | |
| Menstrual cyclea | Early follicular cycle phase | 24 | 39.3 |
| Late follicular cycle phase | 17 | 27.9 | |
| Luteal cycle phase | 20 | 32.8 | |
| M | SD | ||
| Age | 25.1 | 5.3 | |
| Beck Depression index (BDI)b | 4.5 | 4.2 | |
| Beck Anxiety index (BAI)c | 6.4 | 5.4 | |
| Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ)d | 32.5 | 7.7 | |
| Emotional abuse | 7.0 | 3.0 | |
| Physical abuse | 5.5 | 1.2 | |
| Sexual abuse | 5.3 | 1.2 | |
| Emotional neglect | 8.6 | 3.7 | |
| Physical neglect | 6.1 | 1.7 | |
| Life Event Scale (LE)e | 3.2 | 2.0 | |
Note. Descriptive statistics of demographic and clinical sample characteristics.
aSelf-reported menstrual phase.
bBDI range 0-63, moderate depression > 19.
cBAI range 0-63, moderate anxiety > 15.
dCTQ range 5–25 for each subscale –, assessment of moderate traumatic childhood experiences: emotional (>12), physical (>9), and sexual (>7) abuse, as well as emotional (>14) and physical neglect (>9).
eLE range 0–16 critical traumatic life events, based on DSM IV PTSD criteria.