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Published in final edited form as: Behav Res Ther. 2007 Aug 6;45(12):2884–2898. doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2007.07.014

Table 2.

Descriptive Statistics for Thought Frequency, Duration and Fear and Guilt

	OC Status
	High				Low
	Thinking Instructions
	Suppression (n = 32)		Monitoring (n = 35)		Suppression (n = 31)		Monitoring (n = 28)
	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD
Period 1
Freq.	12.93^a	10.69	18.32^b	12.78	10.19^a	7.69	13.92^ab	7.64
Duration	67.32^a	78.41	178.77^b	114.11	31.00^a	73.05	128.18^c	92.35
Fear	8.19^a	3.28	7.94^ab	3.02	6.37^c	.61	6.90^bc	1.69
Guilt	10.25^a	5.14	8.46^b	3.44	6.87^b	1.31	7.29^b	1.74
Period 2
Freq.	6.85^a	8.96	11.30^b	10.38	3.44^a	3.63	4.67^a	5.61
Duration	34.11^a	49.56	62.36^b	77.24	11.46^a	15.27	20.00^a	26.04
Fear	7.78^a	3.26	7.29^ab	2.41	6.26^b	.63	6.56^b	1.12
Guilt	8.69^a	4.15	7.88^ab	2.88	6.35^c	.80	6.74^bc	1.43

Note: Group differences are noted by unique letter superscripts (i.e., ‘a’ versus ‘b’) and are all significant at p < .05. Freq. refers to the overall frequency of unwanted thoughts in a period. Duration refers to the overall duration of unwanted thoughts in a period. Fear and Guilt refer to the subscales of the same name from the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule-Expanded Form.