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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Aug 31.
Published in final edited form as: J Cogn Enhanc. 2021 Jun 7;5(4):480–498. doi: 10.1007/s41465-021-00216-5

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the samples

Analytical sample Original sample Difference between samples
Mean (SD) Mean (SD) p value
Number of students (n) 217 754
Age 17.55 (1.46) 17.78 (2.52) 0.094
Gender f/m 54/46 49/51 0.189
Visual working memory 62.49 (10.86) 59.89 (11.73) 0.003*
Verbal working memory 56.66 (16.85) 53.82 (17.70) 0.035*
Intelligence (OIO) 16.84 (3.08) 16.15 (3.26) 0.005*
Sustained attention (go/no-go) 0.70 (0.19) 0.67 (0.20) 0.115
Implicit theories of intelligence (ITI) 33.53 (6.55) 33.37 (6.77) 0.573
Well-being (WHO) 64.66 (18.25) 61.95 (18.56) 0.061
Perceived stress (PSS) 13.69 (6.69) 15.26 (6.96) 0.003*
Sleep Quality (PSQI) 5.37 (2.64) 6.01 (3.01) 0.003*
*

Significant at 0.05 level.

Higher scores refer to higher levels of perceived stress and poorer sleep quality