High and low current perceived stress associated with enhanced emotional mnemonic discrimination

Table 1.

Participant demographics and questionnaire results

All participants mean (SD) Low CPS (0–3) Moderate CPS (4–6) High CPS (7–10)
N 110 48 40 22
PSS-Ca 4.16 (2.63) 1.73 (1.09) 4.95 (0.88) 8.05 (1.09)
PSSa 19.78 (6.64) 15.90 (6.32) 21.13 (5.03) 25.82 (4.00)
Age 20.35 (2.85) 20.38 (3.02) 20.68 (3.13) 19.68 (1.70)
Gender identity Male: 34% Male: 48% Male: 28% Male: 14%
Transgender: 1% Transgender: 0% Transgender: 3% Transgender: 0%
Nonbinary: 2% Nonbinary: 0% Nonbinary: 3% Nonbinary: 5%
Female: 64% Female: 52% Female: 68% Female: 82%
Race and ethnicity White: 46% White: 48% White: 38% White: 60%
Asian/Asian American: 34% Asian/Asian American: 29% Asian/Asian American: 43% Asian/Asian American: 27%
Black/African American: 10% Black/African American: 15% Black/African American: 8% Black/African American: 5%
Two or more races: 6% Two or more races: 8% Two or more races: 1% Two or more races: 5%
Other: 4% Other: 0% Other: 8% Other: 5%
Hispanic/Latinx: 20% Hispanic/Latinx: 23% Hispanic/Latinx: 15% Hispanic/Latinx: 23%
  • (CPS) Current perceived stress; (PSS-C) Perceived Stress Scale, current; (PSS) Perceived Stress Scale.

  • aSignificant difference across low, moderate, and high CPS groups.

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