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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Behav Res Ther. 2011 Nov 18;50(2):142–149. doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2011.11.002

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
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.