Table 1.

Emotion Differentiation Group Differences

Variable	SAD mean (SD)	HC mean (SD)	t-ratio	d
Positive emotion intensity
Random prompts	2.33 (0.57)	3.19 (0.68)	5.96***	1.39
End-of-day	2.33 (0.66)	3.28 (0.55)	7.00***	1.60
Social interactions	2.32 (0.54)	3.38 (0.64)	7.70***	1.81
Negative emotion intensity
Random prompts	1.74 (0.35)	1.36 (0.39)	−4.44***	1.03
End-of-day	1.97 (0.46)	1.43 (0.37)	−5.83***	1.33
Social interactions	1.80 (0.45)	1.31 (0.37)	−5.07***	1.19
Positive emotion variability
Random prompts	0.76 (0.25)	0.76 (0.34)	−0.04	0.01
End-of-day	0.78 (0.25)	0.75 (0.23)	−0.57	0.13
Social interactions	0.69 (0.26)	0.69 (0.34)	−0.01	0.00
Negative emotion variability
Random prompts	0.85 (0.31)	0.47 (0.41)	−4.59***	1.07
End-of-day	0.85 (0.26)	0.50 (0.30)	−5.65***	1.28
Social interactions	0.83 (0.36)	0.42 (0.38)	−4.78***	1.13
Positive emotion differentiation
Random prompts	−0.80 (0.31)	−0.79 (0.46)	0.15	0.03
End-of-day	−0.81 (0.40)	−0.77 (0.40)	0.53	0.06
Social interactions	−0.98 (0.44)	−0.84 (0.56)	1.24	0.30
Negative emotion differentiation
Random prompts	−0.36 (0.33)	−0.17 (0.24)	2.69**	0.63
End-of-day	−0.66 (0.43)	−0.49 (0.44)	1.75	0.40
Social interactions	−0.45 (0.41)	−0.22 (0.35)	2.40*	0.60

Note.

^*p < .05,

^**p < .01,

^***p < .001. All tests two-tailed. HC = healthy control; SAD = social anxiety disorder; d refers to Cohen’s (1988) effect size, where large effects > .80. Range of n for SAD group = 38–40; range of n for HC group = 36–39.