Expectation | Group A | Group B | t-value | d | CI (95%) of d | |
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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] |