Table 3.

Means and standard deviations (in parentheses) of fundamental needs and levels of emotional involvement separated by gender.

	Female			Male
	Ostracism (n = 13)	Inclusion (n = 12)	P	Ostracism (n = 12)	Inclusion (n = 13)	P
LEVEL OF FUNDAMENTAL NEEDSa,c
Belonging	12.08 (5.93)	34.83 (51.51)	0.127	14.50 (5.81)	21.77 (2.28)	0.001
Control	9.08 (5.59)	21.64 (24.02)	0.044	10.83 (4.45)	19.77 (4.09)	<0.001
Self-esteem	15.77 (7.42)	35.67 (51.32)	0.179	20.75 (5.60)	22.38 (3.66)	0.402
Meaningful existence	10.38 (6.28)	34.75 (51.47)	0.103	13.17 (5.63)	20.31 (3.71)	0.001
LEVEL OF EMOTIONAL INVOLVEMENTb,c
Anxiety	1.25 (0.62)	1.25 (0.45)	1.00	1.75 (1.54)	1.38 (0.65)	0.221
Sadness	2.58 (1.83)	1.33 (0.65)	0.018	1.92 (1.56)	1.31 (0.75)	0.111
Anger	2.50 (1.78)	1.33 (0.49)	0.024	2.42 (1.78)	1.31 (0.85)	0.028
Guilt	1.08 (0.29)	1.33 (0.65)	0.122	1.58 (1.44)	1.38 (0.76)	0.334
Disgust	2.00 (1.53)	1.17 (0.39)	0.046	1.33 (1.15)	1.00 (0.00)	0.170
Shame	1.42 (1.00)	1.50 (0.90)	0.416	1.33 (0.89)	1.08 (0.28)	0.167
Happiness	3.00 (1.81)	4.58 (1.08)	0.009	3.5 (2.07)	4.54 (0.97)	0.058

^aEach need score represents an average of three questions.

^bRated on a 7-point Likert scale.

^cAnalyses were conducted one-tailed.