Table 2.
Experiment 2: Baseline, task manipulation, compliance measures and recognition memory scores from Experiment 2 for each experimental condition.
| Variable | Visuospatial |
Control-task |
No-task |
|---|---|---|---|
| M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | |
| Age | 27.00 (11.20) | 24.76 (8.38) | 24.68 (7.22) |
| BDI-II | 5.88 (5.89) | 5.72 (6.42) | 5.20 (4.69) |
| STAI-T | 38.72 (9.03) | 35.60 (11.31) | 36.04 (7.37) |
| Pre-film mood | 1.29 (1.44) | 1.57 (1.44) | 1.49 (1.33) |
| Post-film mood | 3.05 (1.99) | 3.76 (1.81) | 3.71 (1.94) |
| Attention paid to the film | 9.08 (0.86) | 8.96 (1.21) | 9.00 (0.87) |
| Personal relevance of film | 4.24 (2.24) | 4.52 (2.50) | 5.48 (2.18) |
| Visuospatial tapping | |||
| Total key presses | 629.1 (252.25) | ||
| No. of correct sequences | 92.84 (42.97) | ||
| Control-task | |||
| Mean no. of responses | 179.72 (97.89) | ||
| Mean no. of errors | 9.04 (7.59) | ||
| Diary accuracy | 8.16 (1.66) | 7.56 (2.24) | 8.40 (1.19) |
| Recognition memory | 17.92 (2.89) | 17.68 (3.16) | 17.76 (2.95) |
Note: BDI-II = Beck Depression Inventory; STAI-T = State Trait Anxiety Inventory – Trait.