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. 2026 Jul 13;17:1818785. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1818785

Table 1.

Mean value, SD, and results of comparison for each variable.

Variables Actors Instrumentalists Controls F or H p (uncorrected) p (corrected) Eff size Eff size (interpreted)
Agek 45.60 (12.29) 47.50 (10.85) 40.50 (6.85) 5.95 0.051 0.107 Medium
Years of art experience (except for Noh) 0.65 (1.60) 6.00 (13.14) — — —
Years of Noh experience 39.40 (12.89) 36.75 (12.81) — — — —
Hours of Noh practice/week 19.50 (14.65) 14.67 (15.16) — — — —
Interoceptive awareness
IAS 3.95 (0.32) 3.60 (0.50) 3.90 (0.49) 1.94 0.158 0.158 0.095 Medium
IATS 3.41 (0.87) 2.73 (0.49) 2.38 (0.60) 8.13 0.001 0.004 0.305 Large
MAIA
Attention regulationk 3.31 (0.66) 3.19 (0.83) 2.20 (0.74) 14.50 <0.001 0.004 0.337 Large
Body listening 3.05 (0.74) 2.63 (1.07) 1.96 (0.97) 4.54 0.017 0.034 0.197 Large
Emotional awareness 3.33 (1.15) 2.86 (1.17) 2.43 (1.03) 2.22 0.123 0.141 0.107 Medium
Noticingk 3.56 (0.83) 2.97 (1.04) 2.51 (0.61) 8.34 0.016 0.034 0.171 Large
Not-distractingk 2.37 (1.05) 1.83 (0.92) 2.59 (0.70) 5.48 0.065 0.086 0.094 Medium
Trusting 3.67 (0.79) 3.08 (1.24) 2.70 (0.80) 3.31 0.047 0.075 0.152 Large
Personality
Extraversionk 3.35 (1.40) 3.29 (1.25) 2.83 (1.40) 1.81 0.404 0.005 Small
Neuroticism 4.90 (0.84) 4.04 (0.92) 4.11 (1.60) 1.58 0.219 0.079 Medium
Openness 3.90 (1.02) 4.13 (1.51) 3.56 (1.43) 0.65 0.528 0.034 Small
Expressive awareness
Conveying 4.33 (0.76) 3.90 (0.76) — — — —
Matching 2.94 (0.66) 3.12 (0.64) — — — —
Following 2.68 (0.67) 2.82 (0.59) — — — —

KVariables compared by Kruskal–Wallis test, values in (): standard deviation, boldface: p < 0.05, Eff size = η2p for ANOVA; η2[H] for Kruskal–Wallis test, IAS, Interoceptive Accuracy Scale, IATS, Interoceptive Attention Scale, MAIA, Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness, Conveying, conveying the messages to the audience; Matching, Matching the performer’s intention and method for expression; Following, Following the music score.