Table 3.
Group cohesion by condition.
| Cohesion variable and condition vs comparison condition | n | Mean (SD)a | P | ||
| Attraction to group-task | |||||
|
|
Standard | 34 | 5.71 (1.37) |
|
|
|
|
|
Group dynamics-based–low presence |
|
|
.08 |
|
|
|
Group dynamics-based–high presence |
|
|
.39 |
|
|
Group dynamics-based–low presence | 34 | 6.40 (1.08) |
|
|
|
|
|
Standard |
|
|
.08 |
|
|
|
Group dynamics-based–high presence |
|
|
.68 |
|
|
Group dynamics-based–high presence | 32 | 6.13 (1.21) |
|
|
|
|
|
Standard |
|
|
.39 |
|
|
|
Group dynamics-based–low presence |
|
|
.68 |
| Attraction to group-social | |||||
|
|
Standard | 34 | 4.88 (1.19) |
|
|
|
|
|
Group dynamics-based–low presence |
|
|
.001 |
|
|
|
Group dynamics-based–high presence |
|
|
.17 |
|
|
Group dynamics-based–low presence | 34 | 6.06 (1.28) |
|
|
|
|
|
Standard |
|
|
.001 |
|
|
|
Group dynamics-based–high presence |
|
|
.19 |
|
|
Group dynamics-based–high presence | 32 | 5.48 (1.33) |
|
|
|
|
|
Standard |
|
|
.17 |
|
|
|
Group dynamics-based–low presence |
|
|
.19 |
| Group integration-task | |||||
|
|
Standard | 34 | 4.12 (1.18) |
|
|
|
|
|
Group dynamics-based–low presence |
|
|
<.001 |
|
|
|
Group dynamics-based–high presence |
|
|
.02 |
|
|
Group dynamics-based–low presence | 34 | 5.20 (1.04) |
|
|
|
|
|
Standard |
|
|
<.001 |
|
|
|
Group dynamics-based–high presence |
|
|
.43 |
|
|
Group dynamics-based–high presence | 32 | 4.86 (0.93) |
|
|
|
|
|
Standard |
|
|
.02 |
|
|
|
Group dynamics-based–low presence |
|
|
.43 |
| Group integration-social | |||||
|
|
Standard | 34 | 4.61 (1.64) |
|
|
|
|
|
Group dynamics-based–low presence |
|
|
.04 |
|
|
|
Group dynamics-based–high presence |
|
|
.48 |
|
|
Group dynamics-based–low presence | 34 | 5.46 (1.22) |
|
|
|
|
|
Standard |
|
|
.04 |
|
|
|
Group dynamics-based–high presence |
|
|
.44 |
|
|
Group dynamics-based–high presence | 32 | 5.02 (1.17) |
|
|
|
|
|
Standard |
|
|
.48 |
|
|
Group dynamics-based–low presence | .44 | |||
aPerceived cohesion scales ranged from 1 to 9.