| 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] |