Table 1.
Experiment 1: Baseline, task manipulation and compliance measures from Experiment 1 for each experimental condition.
| Variable | Visuospatial |
Control-task |
No-task |
|---|---|---|---|
| M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | |
| Age | 25.90 (5.64) | 27.65 (9.98) | 27.80 (9.45) |
| BDI-II | 6.45 (7.79) | 6.20 (6.34) | 5.35 (5.13) |
| STAI-T | 40.90 (12.53) | 39.95 (8.66) | 39.40 (9.54) |
| Pre-film mood | 1.29 (1.20) | 1.40 (1.51) | 1.41 (1.20) |
| Post-film mood | 2.25 (1.62) | 2.84 (1.60) | 2.52 (2.08) |
| Attention paid to the film | 8.89 (1.01) | 8.70 (1.17) | 8.70 (1.27) |
| Personal relevance of film | 4.07 (2.92) | 3.49 (2.04) | 3.50 (2.67) |
| Visuospatial tapping | |||
| Total key presses | 622.3 (138.34) | ||
| No. of correct sequences | 102.3 (22.81) | ||
| Control-task | |||
| Mean no. of responses | 235.00 (63.67) | ||
| Mean no. of errors | 7.70 (9.61) | ||
| Diary Accuracy | 8.96 (1.09) | 8.30 (1.28) | 8.44 (1.20) |
Note: BDI-II = Beck Depression Inventory; STAI-T = State Trait Anxiety Inventory – Trait.