Table 2.
Significant linguistic differences between story type.
| Linguistic category | Significant group differences
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| M (SD) | M (SD) | ||
| Main effect of story content | Stressful | Non-stressful | |
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| Word count | 286.96 (201.09) | > | 216.21 (138.67) |
| Positive emotions | 1.70 (1.03) | < | 3.53 (1.60) |
| Negative emotions | 2.01 (.95) | > | 1.30 (.82) |
| Six-letter words | 9.50 (1.96) | > | 8.32 (1.73) |
| Sensory and perceptual processes | 3.51 (1.04) | > | 1.50 (1.03) |
| Tentative words | 2.40 (1.18) | > | 1.72 (1.44) |
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| Veracity by Age interactions | True | False | |
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| Word count (9–10-year-olds only) | 742.15 (395.15) | > | 552.54 (333.93) |
| Motion terms (9–10-year-olds only) | 1.21 (.83) | < | 1.99 (.84) |
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| Veracity by Story Type interactions | True stressful | True non-stressful | |
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| Spatial terms | 2.61 (1.49) | < | 3.28 (1.62) |
| Motion terms | 1.56 (1.14) | < | 2.16 (1.74) |
| Self references | 9.75 (2.09) | > | 2.82 (2.74) |
| Self references | False stressful 10.74 (2.47) | > | True stressful 9.75 (2.09) |
| Self references | True non-stressful 2.82 (2.74) | < | False non-stressful 11.13 (3.08) |
Note: The arrow indicates the direction of the significant differences between groups.