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. 2015 Apr 1;6:314. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00314
Expectation Group A Group B t-value d13 CI (95%) of d
Comparison 1
(5 vs. 7) (p = 0.12)
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 = 2.14, SD = 0.77)
7
(M = 1.81, SD = 0.72)
t(358) = −1.58 −0.38 [−0.86 to 0.10]
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 = 1.81, SD = 0.7214)
8
(M = 2.83, SD = 0.9115)
t(358) = −6.47 −1.20 [−1.59 to −0.80]
Original study [−2.40 to −0.77]
Comparison 3
(3 vs. 7) (p = 0.16)
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 = 1.57, SD = 0.58)
7
(M = 1.81, SD = 0.72)
t(358) = −1.40 −0.28 [−0.68 to 0.12]
Original study [−0.44 to 1.08]
Comparison 4
*new* (1 vs. 5) (p = 0.12)
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 = 1.70, SD = 0.67)
5
(M = 2.14, SD = 0.77)
t(358) = 1.58 0.52 [−0.13 to 1.17]
Original study [−0.16 to 1.63]