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. 2025 May 30;13:94. doi: 10.1186/s40337-025-01280-4

Table 3.

Results of repeated-measures ANCOVAs on Autobiographical Memory Test and Episodic Future Thinking Task outcomes

Variable Autobiographical memory test Episodic future thinking task
F Df p value (ηp2) F Df p value (ηp2)
Specificity
Timepoint × valence 0.48 2, 32 0.625 (0.026) 1.19 2, 30 0.317 (0.065)
Timepoint 0.55 1, 16 0.467 (0.030) 0.19 1, 15 0.672 (0.011)
Valence 0.44 2, 32 0.647 (0.024) 1.84 2, 30 0.174 (0.098)
Age 5.24 1, 16 0.034* (0.226) 0.29 1, 15 0.595 (0.017)
Positivity
Timepoint × valence 0.29 2, 32 0.747 (0.016) 2.87 2, 30 0.071 (0.211)
Timepoint 2.33 1, 16 0.144 (0.115) 1.74 1, 15 0.205 (0.093)
Valence 4.49 2, 32 0.018* (0.200) 20.35 2, 30  < 0.001** (0.494)
Age 0.43 1, 16 0.532 (0.023) 0.37 1, 15 0.552 (0.021)
Detailedness
Timepoint × valence 2.02 2, 32 0.147 (0.101) 1.62 2, 30 0.214 (0.087)
Timepoint 0.01 1, 16 0.973 (0.001) 2.01 1, 15 0.174 (0.106)
Valence 2.66 2, 32 0.084 (0.129) 2.15 2, 30 0.132 (0.112)
Age 2.04 1, 16 0.170 (0.102) 0.74 1, 15 0.402 (0.042)
Realisticness
Timepoint × valence 1.05 2, 32 0.362 (0.055) 1.11 2, 30 0.341 (0.061)
Timepoint 1.47 1, 16 0.242 (0.075) 0.01 1, 15 0.930 (0.001)
Valence 1.33 2, 32 0.278 (0.069) 3.75 2, 30 0.034* (0.181)
Age 0.38 1, 16 0.545 (0.021) 0.25 1, 15 0.623 (0.015)
Vividness
Timepoint × valence 3.12 2, 32 0.056 (0.148) 1.05 2, 30 0.362 (0.058)
Timepoint 0.05 1, 16 0.824 (0.003) 4.41 1, 15 0.051 (0.206)
Valence 0.36 2, 32 0.702 (0.019) 2.39 2, 30 0.107 (0.123)
Age 2.94 1, 16 0.104 (0.140) 1.82 1, 15 0.196 (0.096)
Difficulty to remember/imagine
Timepoint × valence 0.62 2, 32 0.545 (0.033) 0.88 2, 30 0.423 (0.049)
Timepoint 0.12 1, 16 0.731 (0.007) 0.06 1, 15 0.804 (0.004)
Valence 0.80 2, 32 0.457 (0.043) 2.33 2, 30 0.113 (0.120)
Age 0.10 1, 16 0.751 (0.006) 0.01 1, 15 0.919 (0.001)

**Significant at the p < 0.01 threshold; *significant at the p < 0.05 threshold