Table 5.
Difference in pretest-posttest measures directly after completing a session with the app.a
Outcome measure | Experiment 1—single sessions | Experiment 2—repeated measures | |||||
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Effect size | Magnitude | P value | Effect size | Magnitude | P value | |
Intensity of the emotion | −0.87 | Large | <.001 | −0.67 | Large | <.001 | |
Strength of the struggle | −0.83 | Large | <.001 | −0.66 | Large | <.001 | |
Strength of maladaptive belief | −0.82 | Large | <.001 | −0.60 | Large | <.001 | |
Strength of adaptive belief | 0.27 | Small | <.001 | 0.28 | Small | <.001 | |
Likelihood of unwanted action | −0.79 | Large | <.001 | —b | — | — | |
Likelihood of valued action | 0.68 | Large | <.001 | — | — | — |
aThe common interpretation for effect size values for paired Wilcoxon tests in published literature is small effect (0.10 to <0.3), moderate effect (0.30 to <0.5), and large effect (≥0.5) [33].
bIn experiment 2, pretest-posttest changes in participants likelihood of unwanted and valued action were not measured.