3.3. Participant Characteristics
The mean age of the participants (n = 94) was 44.7 years (standard deviation [SD] = 11.8). Slightly more than half of the participants were men (n = 51; 54.3%) and singles (n = 52; 55.3%). Thirty-six (38.3%) individuals had a low, 50 (53.2%) a medium, and 8 (8.5%) a high level of education, respectively. The vast majority (n = 83; 88.3%) had German citizenship and the mean duration of unemployment was 6.4 years (SD = 6.1) (