Table 2.
Descriptive statistics (n = 17).
| Variable | GroupLA/*M(SD) | Group HA M(SD) | t(1, 15) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 27.14 (5.26) | 25.40 (4.30) | −0.45 ns |
| Education | 14.70 (1.60) | 14.20 (1.40) | 0.15 ns |
| Vocabulary | 32.00 (13.16) | 25.00 (10.09) | 0.16 ns |
| Digit span | 4.57 (1.99) | 3.30 (1.15) | 1.71 ns |
| Positive verbal fluency: “joy” | 11.14 (5.52) | 10.70 (7.02) | 0.14 ns |
| Negative verbal fluency: “fear” | 10.85 (4.94) | 10.40 (6.29)b | 0.16 ns |
| Number of errors | 1.08 (.91) | 1.10 (0.92) | 0.59 ns |
| Category “animals” | 22.42 (7.13) | 23.60 (6.18) | −0.36 ns |
| Category “vehicles” | 16.00 (6.75) | 13.90 (4.25) | 0.79 ns |
| Verbs | 18.57 (3.77) | 17.70 (7.76) | 0.27 ns |
| Letter high frequency | 19.71 (3.63) | 17.10 (3.84) | 1.41 ns |
| Letter low frequency | 16.14 (4.84) | 12.09 (4.02) | 1.92 ns |
| State Anxiety | 29.85 (7.31) | 35.10 (5.44) | 1.06 ns |
| Trait Anxiety | 30.00 (5.16) | 49.10 (4.72) | 7.90*** |
*
LA, low-anxious group; HA, high-anxious group; M, mean, SD, standard deviation, ns, not significant,
***
p < 0.001.