Table 1 Study 1, phase 2 participants’ demographics.

From: Communal music as a tool to improve positive affect after social ostracism or negative autobiographical memory recollection

 

Communal (N = 51)

Control (N = 55)

Omnibus test

Age (years)

   

Mean (SD)

45.2 (14.5)

42.8 (11.8)

W = 1441

Median [Min, Max]

41.5 [23.0, 73.0]

39.0 [28.0, 74.0]

p = 0.445

Missing

1 (2.0%)

2 (3.6%)

 

Sex

   

Female

20 (39.2%)

12 (21.8%)

p = 0.059

Male

31 (60.8%)

43 (78.2%)

 

Latino/Hispanic

   

No

48 (94.1%)

48 (87.3%)

p = 0.323

Yes

3 (5.9%)

7 (12.7%)

 

Ethnicity

   

Asian

4 (7.8%)

3 (5.5%)

p = 0.848

Black

2 (3.9%)

3 (5.5%)

 

Mixed

3 (5.9%)

1 (1.8%)

 

Other

1 (2.0%)

1 (1.8%)

 

White

41 (80.4%)

47 (85.5%)

 

Employment status

   

Full-Time

34 (66.7%)

39 (70.9%)

p = 0.948

Not in paid work (e.g. homemaker’, 'retired or disabled)

1 (2.0%)

2 (3.6%)

 

Other

1 (2.0%)

0 (0%)

 

Part-Time

6 (11.8%)

6 (10.9%)

 

Unemployed (and job seeking)

0 (0%)

1 (1.8%)

 

Missing

9 (17.6%)

7 (12.7%)

 

Musical training (years)

   

Mean (SD)

0.980 (1.53)

1.22 (1.62)

p = 0.345

Median [Min, Max]

0 [0, 4.00]

0 [0, 4.00]