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Published in final edited form as: J Exp Soc Psychol. 2021 Jan 29;94:104105. doi: 10.1016/j.jesp.2021.104105

Table 2.

Ms, SDs, and F-ratios for Experiment 2.

Conditions and Statistics Statistics


Evaluation


Pressing a
Button
M(SD)
Not Pressing a
Button
M(SD)
t for action
vs inaction
contrast
Descriptives
High-intentionality 5.55(1.10) 4.46(1.47) 4.71[0.84]***
Unspecified-intentionality (control) 4.71(1.01) 3.82(0.94) 5.04[0.91]***
Low-intentionality 3.54(1.32) 3.57(1.21) −0.12[0.02]
Contrasts for intentionality conditions
t for high-intentionality vs unspecified-intentionality contrast 4.43[0.79]*** 2.84[0.52]**
t for unspecified-intentionality vs low-intentionality contrast 5.60[1.00]*** 1.28[0.23]
t for high-intentionality vs low-intentionality contrast 9.29[1.66]*** 3.64[0.66]***
Direct effects for intentionality conditions
F(2, 363) simple main effects for intentionality 45.31[1.20]*** 9.07[0.64]***
Main effects and interactions
F(1, 363) main effect: behavior 27.58[0.48]***
F(2, 363) main effect: intentionality 45.85[0.95]***
F(2, 363) interaction: behaviorx intentionality 7.70[0.36]**
Intentionality
Pressing a
Button
M(SD)
Not Pressing
a Button
M(SD)
t for action
vs inaction
contrast
Descriptives
High-intentionality 5.67(1.15) 4.90(1.60) 3.13[0.56]**
Unspecified-intentionality (control) 4.90(1.83) 3.62(1.53) 4.20[0.76]***
Low-intentionality 2.32(1.57) 2.69(1.65) −1.27[0.23]
Contrasts for intentionality conditions
t for high-intentionality vs unspecified-intentionality contrast 2.83[0.50]** 4.48[0.82]***
t for unspecified-intentionality vs low-intentionality contrast 8.53[1.52]*** 3.18[0.59]**
t for high-intentionality vs low-intentionality contrast 13.71[2.44]*** 7.47[1.36]***
Direct effects for intentionality conditions
F(2, 363) simple main effects for intentionality 79.31[1.32]*** 30.34[1.11]***
Main effects and interactions
F(1, 363) main effect: behavior 12.00[0.29]**
F(2, 363) main effect: intentionality 99.30[1.42]***
F(2, 363) interaction: behavior x intentionality 8.93[0.35]***

Note. The t-statistic is reported for each of the differences based on planned contrasts. The simple effects report the F value for the simple effect of intentionality under action and under inaction. The F-statistic is reported for each of the main effects and interaction. Values in brackets represent Cohen’s d effect sizes. Asterisks represent the significance of the contrasts.

***

p < .001

**

p < .01.