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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Behav Pharmacol. 2014 Sep;25(0):503–517. doi: 10.1097/FBP.0000000000000067

Table 3.

Mood ratings of bingers [B] and non-bingers [NB] during the non-stress [NS] and the stressful [S] testing session in Experiment 1

Non-stress [NS] Stress [S]

Pre- Post- Pre- Post-
POMS
Anxiety
B 0.7 (0.2) 0.3 (0.2)** 0.3 (0.2)** 1.3 (0.3)
NB 0.2 (0.1) 0.2 (0.1)* 0.2 (0.2) 0.6 (0.2)
POMS
Depression
B# 0.7 (0.2) 0.4 (0.1) 0.7 (0.2) 0.7 (0.2)
NB 0.3 (0.1) 0.2 (0.1) 0.2 (0.1) 0.2 (0.1)
POMS
Anger§§
B 0.9 (0.3) 0.4 (0.1) 0.5 (0.1) 0.9 (0.3)
NB 0.4 (0.1) 0.3 (0.1) 0.4 (0.1) 0.5 (0.1)
POMS
Arousal
B 0.2 (0.5) 0.6 (0.5) −0.4 (0.5) 0.4 (0.5)
NB 0.7 (0.3) 0.6 (0.4) 1.0 (0.3) 1.3 (0.3)
POMS
Positive Mood
B 0.7 (0.3) 1.3 (0.3) 0.7 (0.4) 0.4 (0.4)
NB 1.2 (0.2) 1.3 (0.2) 1.2 (0.3) 1.0 (0.3)
KUSTA
Tension/Relaxation§§
B 10.3 (1.2) 10.6 (1.3) 9.7 (1.3) 6.4 (1.4)
NB 12.2 (1.1) 12.9 (0.9) 11.4 (1.2) 9.8 (0.9)

The measurements were taken at baseline [Pre-] and immediately after the stress manipulation [Post-]. Values represent means (+/−SEM).

- reverse rating: low score=tense, high score=relaxed).

§§

P<0.005 significant effects of stress (ANOVA condition × time point interaction)

#

p<0.05 main effect of binge group

*

p<0.05,

**

p<0.01 – post-hoc paired t-tests vs. Post-Stress measurements within binger and non-binger group (ANOVA condition × time point × binge group interaction)