Table 3 Sample characteristics.

From: Early life adversity blunts the subjective and physiological relaxation response in healthy adults

 

Total sample N = 103

M ± SD

Sex

 Female

n = 65 (63.11%)

 Male

n = 38 (36.89%)

Age

22.73 ± 3.43

BMI

22.20 ± 2.67

Alcohol consumption

5.55 ± 03.15

Nicotine use

0.52 ± 1.91

Depressive symptoms (BDI)

7.07 ± 5.26

Parental bonding (PBI)

 Without father figure

n = 6

 Father overprotectiona

8.03 ± 6.74

 Father carea

25.16 ± 6.72

 Without mother figure

n = 2

 Mother overprotectionb

11.35 ± 8.26

 Mother careb

28.93 ± 6.56

Childhood trauma (CTQ)

 Emotional abuse

8.20 ± 3.90

 Physical abuse

5.85 ± 2.60

 Sexual abuse

5.78 ± 2.53

 Emotional neglect

8.57 ± 3.63

 Physical neglect

6.60 ± 2.08

  1. Female and male describes the biological sex assigned at birth; BMI = Body Mass Index; Alcohol = glasses of alcoholic beverage consumed per week; Nicotine = cigarettes consumed per day; BDI = Beck Depression Inventory, range: 0–63; PBI overprotection range: 0–39; PBI care range: 0–36; CTQ range per subscale: 5–25.
  2. adata collected from n = 97 participants.
  3. bdata collected from n = 101 participants.
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