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Table 1 Demographic, questionnaire and clinical sample characteristics (means and SD (in brackets))

From: Associations between childhood maltreatment and emotion processing biases in major depression: results from a dot-probe task

Variable

 

Age

34.04 (9.48)

Level of educationa

2.76 (0.98)

N no degree

0 (0 %)

N 9th grade

3 (6.7 %)

N 10th grade

18 (40.0 %)

N 12th grade

12 (26.7 %)

N university degree

11 (24.4 %)

N PhD

1 (2.2 %)

Verbal intelligence

111.40 (13.42)

Duration of current episode of illness (in months since symptom onset)

8.00 (13.13)

Number of episodes

2.95 (2.20)

Age at onset of first episode

26.53 (9.99)

Lifetime hospitalization (weeks)

5.62 (8.52)

HAMD

14.44 (3.92)

BDI-II

30.62 (9.52)

BAI

26.80 (9.86)

CTQ total score

54.02 (19.23)

CTQ emotional abuse

12.02 (5.95)

CTQ physical abuse

8.36 (5.56)

CTQ sexual abuse

7.31 (5.51)

CTQ emotional neglect

16.89 (5.31)

CTQ physical neglect

9.44 (3.53)

PSS

39.56 (4.12)

LTE-Q

2.80 (1.84)

  1. aCoding of level of education: 0 = no degree, 1 = 9th grade, 2 = 10th grade, 3 = 12th grade, 4 = university degree, 5 = PhD; HAMD, Hamilton Depression Scale; BDI-II, Beck Depression Inventory; BAI, Beck Anxiety Inventory; CTQ, Childhood Trauma Questionnaire; PSS, Perceived Stress Scale; LTE-Q, List of Threatening Experiences Questionnaire