Table 4. Dismissing, Preoccupied and disorganized attachment: Need Threat Means and Standard Deviations after Being Ostracized.

	Self-esteem		Meaningful Existence
	M	SD	M	SD
Dismissing	4.68	1.44	4.32	1.42
Preoccupied	4.96	1.21	3.92	1.35
Disorganized	4.19	1.81	2.97	1.43

Lower scores index less need satisfaction (i.e., more need threat).