. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2006 Feb 7.

Published in final edited form as: Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 2005 Jan;31(1):111–120. doi: 10.1177/0146167204271319

TABLE 1.

Effects of Optimism and Self-Consciousness on Anagram Task Persistence and Performance

	ΔR ²	F(df)	p <	β
Persistence (time spent on anagrams)
Step 1	.11	2.73 (2, 47)	.08
ACT score				−.02
Number solved				−.32^***
Step 2	.09	2.54 (2, 45)	.09
Self-consciousness				.29^***
Optimism				−.10
Step 3	.07	3.76 (1, 44)	.04
Self-Consciousness × Optimism				.32^***
Performance (number solved)
Step 1	.14	3.68 (2, 47)	.03
ACT score				.18
Time spent				−.31^***
Step 2	.01	0.35 (2, 45)	.71
Self-consciousness				−.02
Optimism				.11
Step 3	.01	0.64 (1, 44)	.43
Self-Consciousness × Optimism				.14

NOTE: ACT = American College Testing.

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p < .05.