. 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 2.

Effects of Expectancy and Self-Consciousness on Task Persistence and Performance

	ΔR ²	F(df)	p <	β
Persistence (time spent on anagrams)
Step 1	.10	2.73 (2, 47)	.08
ACT score				−.02
Number solved				−.32^***
Step 2	.10	2.95 (2,45)	.06
Self-consciousness				.29^***
Expectancy				.13
Step 3	.00	3.76 (1, 44)	.04
Self-Consciousness × Expectancy				.05
Performance (number solved)
Step 1	.14	3.68 (2, 47)	.03
ACT score				.18
Time spent				−.31^***
Step 2	.00	0.06 (2, 45)	.94
Self-consciousness				−.04
Expectancy				.03
Step 3	.06	3.50 (1, 44)	.07
Self-Consciousness × Expectancy				−.29^**

NOTE: ACT = American College Testing.

^**

p < .10 (two-tailed test).

^***

p < .05 (two-tailed test).