Early life racial/ethnic discrimination effects on behavioral control and health outcomes in young adults

Table 4.

Participant demographics and psychological measures

Demographics Overall early life stress mean (SD) BDI mean (SD) STAI.Y1 mean (SD) STAI.Y2 mean (SD) PSS mean (SD) Overall early life discrimination exposure mean (SD)
Gender
Male (n = 20) 50.95 (13.92) 11.55 (12.50) 37.45 (13.72) 42.80 (12.11) 15.45 (7.85) 1.60 (0.85)
Female (n = 76) 52.63 (17.33) 15.66 (9.31) 40.47 (13.25) 49.49 (11.50) 20.20 (7.14) 1.42 (0.43)
Race/ethnicity
White (Hispanic or Latino) (n = 7) 46.71 (12.02) 11.14 (6.84) 35.14 (10.21) 39.14 (11.31) 16.71 (7.99) 1.50 (0.50)
White (not Hispanic or Latino) (n = 26) 46.38 (12.69) 12.62 (9.34) 39.46 (11.97) 45.15 (10.16) 18.35 (6.68) 1.12 (0.14)
Asian (n = 56) 53.73 (17.40) 16.00 (10.25) 40.18 (13.68) 50.66 (12.22) 20.34 (7.54) 1.48 (0.46)
Black or African American (n = 5) 71.20 (19.46) 18.40 (16.16) 47.00 (21.68) 46.80 (12.76) 15.00 (11.11) 2.51 (1.02)
American Indian or Alaskan native (n = 1) 58.00 (NA) 7.00 (NA) 31.00 (NA) 45.00 (NA) 18.00 (NA) 2.06 (NA)
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander (n = 1) 63.00 (NA) 20.00 (NA) 37.00 (NA) 53.00 (NA) 18.00 (NA) 2.76 (NA)

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