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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 =0.98)
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 = 1.65, SD = 0.28)
7
(M = 1.65, SD = 0.36)
t(167) = 0.02 0.007 [−0.27 to 0.27]
Original study [−1.50 to 0.05]
Comparison 2
(7 vs. 8) (p = 0.001)
After writing about comfort food, threatened, securely attached participants should experience lower levels of loneliness as compared to insecurely attached. 7
(M = 1.65, SD = 0.36)
8
(M = 2.18, SD = 0.69)
t(167) = −3.32 −1.03 [−1.67 to −0.38]
Original study [−2.40 to −0.77]
Comparison 3
(3 vs. 7) (p = 0.54)
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 = 1.74, SD = 0.36)
7
(M = 1.65, SD = 0.36)
t(167) = 0.61 0.18 [−0.40 to 0.76]
Original study [−0.44 to 1.08]
Comparison 4
*new* (1 vs. 5) (p = 0.73)
Those asked to experience belongingness threat should report greater loneliness levels, as compared to those who did not experience the threat. 1
(M = 1.71, SD = 0.29)
5
(M = 1.65, SD = 0.28)
t(167) = −0.34 −0.11 [−0.77 to 0.54]
Original study [−0.16 to 1.63]