Table 1.
Behavioral and affective responses (means, M and standard deviations, SD) of phobic (PH) and control group (CG) participants.
| Group | Phobics M (SD) |
Controls M (SD) |
|---|---|---|
| SPQ | 23.4 (1.3) | 2.1 (1.7) |
| BDI | 5.0 (4.3) | 3.0 (2.5) |
| STAI | 37.2 (9.8) | 31.2 (4.9) |
| QADS | 2.3 (0.6) | 2.2 (0.4) |
| Spider pictures | ||
| Valence | 1.4 (0.7) | 7.0 (1.6) |
| Arousal | 7.4 (2.2) | 2.2 (1.4) |
| Fear | 7.4 (2.1) | 1.4 (0.8) |
| Disgust | 6.6 (2.9) | 1.8 (1.3) |
| Disgust pictures | ||
| Valence | 3.1 (1.5) | 2.8 (1.5) |
| Arousal | 4.5 (1.8) | 5.2 (2.1) |
| Fear | 2.3 (1.3) | 2.8 (2.2) |
| Disgust | 6.9 (1.9) | 6.8 (1.7) |
| Fear pictures | ||
| Valence | 5.1 (2.1) | 4.2 (1.8) |
| Arousal | 3.8 (1.8) | 4.7 (2.0) |
| Fear | 3.2 (2.0) | 3.5 (2.0) |
| Disgust | 2.0 (1.6) | 1.7 (0.9) |
| Neutral pictures | ||
| Valence | 8.1 (0.3) | 7.7 (0.3) |
| Arousal | 1.2 (0.6) | 1.2 (0.5) |
| Fear | 1.0 (0.0) | 1.0 (0.0) |
| Disgust | 1.0 (0.0) | 1.0 (0.0) |