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. 2015 Apr 1;6:314. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00314
Expectation Group A Group B t-value d CI (95%) of d
Comparison 1
(5 vs. 7) (p = 0.33)
Threatened, securely attached participants should experience lower levels of loneliness if they wrote about comfort food as compared to if they wrote about new food. 5
(M = 1.88, SD = 0.43)
7
(M = 2.11, SD = 0.57)
t(190) = 0.97 0.32 [−0.33 to 0.97]
Original study [−1.50 to 0.05]
Comparison 2
(7 vs. 8) (p = 0.32)
After writing about comfort food, threatened, securely attached participants should experience lower levels of loneliness as compared to insecurely attached. 7
(M = 2.11, SD = 0.57)
8
(M = 2.32, SD = 0.68)
t(190) = −1.0 −0.29 [−0.86 to 0.28]
Original study [−2.40 to −0.77]
Comparison 3
(3 vs. 7) (p = 0.73)
After writing about comfort food, securely attached participants who underwent a belongingness threat should not differ in loneliness level from their counterparts in the no threat condition (null hypothesis). 3
(M = 2.02, SD = 0.49)
7
(M = 2.11, SD = 0.57)
t(190) = −0.35 −0.12 [−0.80 to 0.56]
Original study [−0.44 to 1.08]
Comparison 4
*new* (1 vs. 5) (p = 0.85)
Those asked to write about a belongingness threat should report greater loneliness levels, as compared to those who wrote about things in their apartment. 1
(M = 1.92, SD = 0.59)
5
(M = 1.88, SD = 0.43)
t(190) = −0.19 −0.06 [−0.73 to 0.60]
Original study [−0.16 to 1.63]