Table 1.
Participant Characteristics (inclu. adolescents who filled in the pre-measurement (intent-to-treat analysis, n = 234)).
| Baseline characteristics | All (n = 234) | iACT student coach + virtual coach (n = 79) | iACT virtual coach (n = 75) | Control (n = 80) |
| Age M (SD) | 15.01 (0.15) | 15.04 (0.20) n = 70 | 14.98 (0.12) n = 66 | 15.01 (0.12) n = 67 |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 156 (66.7%) | 48 (60.8%) | 54 (72%) | 54 (67.5%) |
| Male | 77 (32.9%) | 30 (38%) | 21 (28%) | 26 (32.5%) |
| Other/does not want to tell | 1 (0.4%) | 1 (1.3%) | – | – |
| Mother tonguea | ||||
| Finnish | 226 (97%) | 75 (94.9%) | 73 (97.3%) | 78 (98.7%) |
| Other than Finnish | 7 (3%) | 4 (5.1%) | 2 (2.7%) | 1 (1.3%) |
| Mother's educationb | ||||
| Prim./second. level | 92 (42.7%) | 30 (41%) | 27 (38.5%) | 35 (48%) |
| University level | 124 (57.4%) | 43 (58.8%) | 43 (61.4%) | 38 (52.1%) |
| Father's educationc | ||||
| Prim./second. level | 115 (54.3%) | 42 (59.1%) | 34 (49.2%) | 39 (54.1%) |
| University level | 97 (45.8%) | 29 (40.8%) | 35 (50.7%) | 33 (45.9%) |
| Elevated symptoms of depression (DEPS)d | 90 (39%) | 30 (38.5%) | 31 (42.5%) | 29 (36.3%) |
Others = Living in foster care or approved home.
a
Missing information, n = 1.
b
Primary >9 years; secondary 9–12 years; university 12 > years (university, polytechnic, college, etc.); missing information, n = 18.
c
Missing information, n = 22.
d
DEPS = The Depression Scale (Salokangas et al., 1995), missing information, n = 3.