Table 2. Perceived Consequences of Autobiographical, Imagined, and Imagined Observer Blunders in Participants with High vs. Low Social Anxiety.
Variable | HSA Participants M (SD) |
LSA Participants M (SD) |
Independent-samples t-test |
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I. Autobiographical Blunders | |||
1. Social cost | 2.88 (1.17) | 1.97 (1.38) | t(137) = 4.19** |
2. Embarrassment | 3.07 (1.18) | 2.49 (1.43) | t(139) = 2.63* |
3. Shame | 2.66 (1.42) | 1.93 (1.66) | t(139) = 2.80* |
4. Negative Response | 1.52 (1.37) | 1.17 (1.37) | t(133) = 1.47 |
II. Imagined Blunders - Actor | |||
1. Social Cost | 16.90 (4.72) | 12.37 (5.95) | t(136) = 4.94** |
2. Embarrassment | 17.91 (4.19) | 14.34 (4.50) | t(139) = 4.86** |
3. Shame | 12.93 (6.33) | 7.11 (5.86) | t(139) = 5.67** |
4. Negative Response | 10.22 (4.76) | 8.00 (4.94) | t(132) = 2.64* |
III. Imagined Blunders - Observer | |||
1. Social cost | 6.34 (1.55) | 4.74 (2.18) | t(139) = 4.99** |
2. Embarrassment | 6.58 (1.66) | 5.67 (1.86) | t(140) = 3.06* |
3. Shame | 4.78 (2.34) | 2.78 (2.30) | t(140) = 5.14** |
4. Negative Response | 3.63 (1.99) | 2.53 (1.85) | t(138) = 3.40** |
Note. HSA = high socially anxious; LSA = low socially anxious; Imagined Blunders = composite of responses to scenarios 1-6; Imagined Observed Blunders = composite of responses to scenarios 7-8; Differences in degrees of freedom across t-tests reflect differences in missing values across tests
p ≤ .01
p ≤ .001.