Social rejection sensitivity and its role in adolescent emotional disorder symptomatology

Table 1 Summary of participant characteristics

Participant characteristics	n (%)
Age
11–15 years	51 (14.28%)
16–24 years	231 (64.71%)
25–30 years	55 (15.41%)
Missing	20 (5.60%)
Gender
Female	226 (63.31%)
Male	122 (34.25%)
Other	6 (1.66%)
Prefer not to say	3 (0.83%)
Ethnicity
White	174 (48.74%)
Asian	109 (30.53%)
Mixed	27 (7.56%)
African	11 (3.08%)
Hispanic	10 (2.80%)
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander	9 (2.52%)
Other	11 (3.08%)
Prefer not to say	6 (1.68%)
Country
Australia	200 (56.02%)
United States of America	142 (39.78%)
United Kingdom	14 (3.92%)
Missing	1 (0.28%)
SES
High	178 (49.86%)
Middle – High	33 (9.24%)
Middle	138 (38.66%)
Low—Middle	2 (0.56%)
Low	6 (1.68%)
History of mental health diagnosis	87 (24.37%)

SES = Socioeconomic status; high = university, middle = high school or professional/vocational training, low = primary school. For participants over the age of 18, SES was operationalized as participants highest educational attainment. For participants under the age of 18, SES was operationalized as the average of their parent’s highest educational attainment. Parental education has been shown to be a robust indicator of SES [62]

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