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Table 1 Baseline demographics and clinical characteristics of the mindfulness-based stress reduction for teens and control groups

From: The effect of a mindfulness-based stress intervention on neurobiological and symptom measures in adolescents with early life stress: a randomized feasibility study

Characteristics

MBSR-T (n = 21)

CTRL (n = 17)

Group Differences

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

t

p

Age

14.33

0.73

14.29

0.77

0.16

0.87

ACEs

5.90

1.70

6.11

2.03

−0.35

0.73

CTQ

46.24

12.45

49.41

11.00

−0.82

0.42

 Emotional Abuse

9.81

4.49

11.06

4.88

−0.82

0.42

 Emotional Neglect

10.24

4.76

10.53

4.21

−0.20

0.84

 Physical Abuse

7.71

3.07

7.18

2.19

0.61

0.55

 Physical Neglect

8.24

3.10

8.59

3.71

−0.32

0.75

 Sexual Abuse

5.33

0.86

6.94

4.48

−1.61

0.12

 

N

%

N

%

χ2

p

Sex

    

0.79

0.38

 Male

14

67

8

47

  

 Female

7

33

9

53

  

Ethnicity

    

1.26E-30

1.0

 Hispanic

2

10

1

6

  

 Non-Hispanic

19

90

16

94

  

Race

    

6.99

0.22

 White

10

48

9

53

  

 American Indian or Alaska native

2

10

2

12

  

 Black or African American

4

19

5

29

  

 Asian or Pacific Islander

0

0

0

0

  

 More than one race

5

24

0

0

  

 "Other,” unspecified

0

0

1

6

  

Mental health diagnoses

7

33

4

24

0.90

0.76

Psychotropic medication use

6

29

6

35

0.01

0.93

Psychotherapy

7

33

4

24

0.05

0.94

Parental mental health diagnoses

9

43

9

53

0.09

0.77

  1. Note. Percentages are rounded to the nearest whole percent
  2. Abbreviations: ACEs Adverse Childhood Experiences, CTQ Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, CTRL Control, MBSR-T Mindfulness Based-Stress Reduction for Teens