Table 1 Demographic, personality and clinical variables and tests for group differences.
From: Enhancing reappraisal of negative emotional memories with transcranial direct current stimulation
Variable mean [95% CI] | Healthy participants (N = 101) | Statistica | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reappraisal-tDCS (N = 25) | Reappraisal-sham (N = 25) | Control-tDCS (N = 25) | Control-sham (N = 26) | |||
Female sex (%) | 16 (64) | 14 (56) | 15 (60) | 16 (61.53) | 0.35 | 0.950 |
Age | 24.36 [22.89–25.83] | 23.21 [21.98–24.43] | 24.96 [23.26–26.66] | 23.85[22.15–25.54] | 0.29 | 0.834 |
Memory age (months past | 74.28 [47.23–101.33] | 56.44 [36.21–76.67] | 74.60 [45.32–103.88] | 75.77 [49.09–102.45] | 0.29 | 0.834 |
Subjective distress at retrieval | 4.00 [3.31–4.69] | 4.04 [3.43–4.65] | 3.56 [2.85–4.27] | 3.77 [3.17–4.37] | 0.49 | 0.689 |
Suppression (ERQ) | 14.12 [12.41–15.83] | 13.80 [11.47–16.13] | 13.44 [11.66–15.22] | 14.19 [12.40–15.98] | 0.14 | 0.938 |
Reappraisal (ERQ) | 30.28 [27.63–32.93] | 27.60 [25.49–29.71] | 29.12 [27.55–30.69] | 27.88 [25.06–30.71] | 1.15 | 0.330 |
Extraversion (Neo-FFI) | 43.16 [41.02–45.30] | 41.92 [40.17–43.67] | 42.56 [40.05–45.07] | 41.38 [39.53–43.24] | 0.59 | 0.624 |
Neuroticism (Neo-FFI) | 31.12 [28.98–33.26] | 32.80 [31.26–34.34] | 32.68 [30.75–34.61] | 33.00 [31.20–34.80] | 0.91 | 0.438 |
Openness (Neo-FFI) | 35.16 [33.74–36.58] | 34.64 [33.46–35.82] | 33.40 [32.17–34.63] | 34.85 [33.49–36.20] | 1.48 | 0.224 |
Agreeableness (Neo-FFI) | 35.28 [34.24–36.32] | 35.00 [33.34–36.66] | 35.64 [34.16–37.12] | 35.81 [34.37–37.24] | 0.28 | 0.841 |
Conscientiousness (Neo-FFI) | 42.24 [39.97–44.51] | 43.44 [41.15–45.73] | 42.40 [40.48–44.32] | 41.50 [39.39–43.61] | 0.59 | 0.623 |
Depressive symptoms (CES-D) | 5.44 [3.82–7.06] | 7.72 [5.84–9.60] | 5.28 [4.027–6.53] | 6.54 [4.84–8.24] | 2.03 | 0.114 |
Mood (MDBF-A) | 18.40 [17.73–19.07] | 17.32 [16.42–18.22] | 18.20 [17.59–18.81] | 17.27 [16.27–18.27] | 2.20 | 0.092 |
Tiredness (MDBF-A) | 15.36 [14.28–16.44] | 14.92 [13.83–16.01] | 14.88 [13.91–15.85] | 15.04 [13.79–16.29] | 0.16 | 0.921 |
Calmness (MDBF-A) | 16.36 [15.52–17.20] | 15.24 [13.98–16.50] | 16.60 [15.52–17.68] | 15.69 [14.53–16.85] | 1.35 | 0.262 |
