TABLE 2.
Means and F Scores for Engagement Duration, Attention, Attitude, and Stimulus Acceptance as a Function of Stimuli Category, Sex, and Cognitive Function
| Live Social |
Self- Identity |
Work | Reading | Artistic Task |
Simulated Social |
Manipulative | Music |
F Statistic (Main Effect of Group) |
F Statistic (Main Effect Stimulus Category) |
F Statistic (Interaction Term) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | |||||||||||
| Duration | 389 | 234 | 183 | 164 | 161 | 159 | 109 | 100 | F[7,181] = 66.98a | ||
| Attention | 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.7 | F[7,139] = 40.83a | ||
| Attitude | 5.4 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.6 | F[7,138] = 34.71a | ||
| Acceptance | 0.90 | 0.83 | 0.81 | 0.80 | 0.75 | 0.73 | 0.77 | 0.81 | F[7,181] = 11.28a | ||
| Sex | |||||||||||
| Duration | |||||||||||
| Female | 393 | 232 | 189 | 161 | 178 | 173 | 114 | 108 | F[1,186] = 2.29 | F[7,180] = 44.80a | F[7,180] = 1.57 |
| Male | 372 | 241 | 162 | 175 | 100 | 107 | 90 | 73 | |||
| Attention | |||||||||||
| Female | 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 1.7 | F[1,144] = 2.40 | F[7,138] = 26.02a | F[7,138] = 2.30b |
| Male | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.7 | |||
| Attitude | |||||||||||
| Female | 5.4 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 4.6 | F[1,143] = 1.47 | F[7,137] = 21.43a | F[7,137] = 2.16b |
| Male | 5.3 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.6 | |||
| Acceptance | |||||||||||
| Female | 0.90 | 0.82 | 0.80 | 0.79 | 0.76 | 0.75 | 0.77 | 0.81 | F[1,186] = 0.01 | F[7,180] = 11.05a | F[7,180] = 1.66 |
| Male | 0.89 | 0.85 | 0.82 | 0.85 | 0.73 | 0.67 | 0.75 | 0.82 | |||
| Cognitive functionc | |||||||||||
| Duration | |||||||||||
| Low | 316 | 197 | 91 | 127 | 104 | 145 | 84 | 65 | F[1,119] = 14.87a | F[7,113] = 36.21a | F[7,113] = 6.89a |
| High | 423 | 237 | 247 | 205 | 195 | 153 | 121 | 176 | |||
| Attention | |||||||||||
| Low | 2.4 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.6 | F[1,92] = 52.12a | F[7,86] = 23.93a | F[7,86] = 6.12a |
| High | 3.3 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.0 | |||
| Attitude | |||||||||||
| Low | 5.2 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.5 | F[1,92] = 29.46a | F[7,86] = 19.35a | F[7,86] =1.95 |
| High | 5.7 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 4.8 | |||
| Acceptance | |||||||||||
| Low | 0.96 | 0.90 | 0.91 | 0.92 | 0.91 | 0.86 | 0.91 | 0.91 | F[1,120] = 38.13a | F[7,114] = 9.63a | F[7,114] =4.93a |
| High | 0.86 | 0.73 | 0.72 | 0.70 | 0.58 | 0.60 | 0.63 | 0.72 |
a
p <0.001.
b
p <0.05.
c
Cognitive function levels include the highest and lowest thirds of the sample.