Table 2.
Differences between conditions on self-rated thought content: raw means, standard deviations, and test statistics
| Condition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RUM (N = 40) | DIS (N = 40) | POS (N = 41) | ACC (N = 39) | df = 3 | |||
| Variable | α | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | F | χ² |
| Manipulation check rumination | 0.64 | 76.18 (17.11) | 65.60 (23.58) | 57.51 (21.02) | 57.30 (21.69) | 7.20*** | |
| Manipulation check distancing | N/a | 37.95 (33.83) | 68.33 (19.30) | 33.29 (29.00) | 33.62 (27.97) | 33.98*** | |
| Manipulation check pos. reappraisal | 0.78 | 44.19 (26.97) | 37.59 (24.81) | 65.99 (16.78) | 43.80 (23.05) | 32.96*** | |
| Manipulation check acceptance | 0.48 | 63.19 (17.87) | 62.51 (20.02) | 63.89 (19.68) | 61.79 (18.24) | 0.09 | |
| Manipulation check reflection | N/a | 48.73 (30.57) | 42.03 (24.73) | 51.32 (23.00) | 43.49 (24.91) | 1.14 | |
| Self-rated severity of the event | N/a | 3.88 (0.82) | 3.95 (0.99) | 3.83 (0.92) | 3.67 (0.90) | 0.69 | |
| Thinking in words | N/a | 52.45 (36.50) | 41.93 (27.96) | 57.59 (33.46) | 39.79 (32.29) | 7.32 | |
| Thinking in images | N/a | 58.93 (35.58) | 76.88 (23.28) | 48.88 (32.51) | 66.82 (28.05) | 15.36** | |
| Ratio words/images | N/a | 8.63 (23.14) | 1.86 (7.83) | 9.22 (23.12) | 4.31 (16.55) | 10.53* | |
***p ≤ 0.001, **p < 0.005, *p < 0.05 (ANOVAs for parametric data and Kruskal-Wallis tests for non-parametric data)