Table 3.
Intervention group differences on secondary outcomes
| Control group | Experimental group | p value | |
| How upsetting was information: meana | 1.40 | 2.22 | .0001 |
| PANAS positive affectb | |||
| Baseline: mean | 29.0 | 30.3 | .053 |
| Postintervention: change from baseline | 2.00 | 2.80 | .08 |
| PANAS negative affectb | |||
| Baseline: mean | 16.2 | 15.4 | .18 |
| Postintervention: change from baseline | −0.70 | 0.20 | .04 |
| Likelihood will try to quit smoking as a result of intervention | |||
| Postintervention: meana | 3.59 | 3.81 | .02 |
| Likelihood will use provided materials to try to quit | |||
| Postintervention: meana | 3.85 | 3.95 | .23 |
| Perceived risk of lung diseasea | |||
| Baseline: mean | 3.48 | 3.49 | .89 |
| Postintervention: change from baseline | 0.07 | −0.04 | .10 |
| One month: change from baseline | |||
| Perceived risk of smoking-related diseasea | |||
| Baseline: mean | 3.64 | 3.64 | .97 |
| Postintervention: change from baseline | 0.04 | −0.05 | .19 |
| One month: change from baseline | −0.17 | −0.20 | .70 |
Note. All measures were assessed among smoking and nonsmoking participants at each time point.
a
Likert scale ranging from 1 = “not at all” to 5 = “extremely.”
b
Scale range = 10–50, where lower scores represent less affect.