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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Behav Res Ther. 2016 Aug 10;85:13–22. doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2016.08.003

Table 2. Initial distress and belief ratings by group.

HD CC t p
Personal Possession
 Distress 5.17 (1.61) 3.39 (1.37) 7.37 < .001
 Predicted Distress Duration 4.06 (2.34) 2.08 (1.78) 5.74 < .001
 Emotional attachment 8.07 (4.90) 4.20 (2.36) 5.97 < .001
 Responsibility 7.65 (3.93) 3.80 (2.62) 7.01 < .001
 Utility-instrumental 8.80 (3.67) 5.68 (3.05) 5.73 < .001
 Aesthetic-intrinsic 7.49 (4.05) 4.88 (3.25) 4.39 < .001
 Memory 4.99 (3.80) 2.61 (1.33) 4.90 < .001
Control Item (Magazine)
 Distress 3.93 (2.46) 1.77 (1.56) 6.18 < .001
 Predicted Distress Duration 2.40 (1.71) 1.45 (1.55) 3.38 .001
 Emotional attachment 5.33 (3.76) 3.29 (1.04) 4.22 < .001
 Responsibility 5.05 (3.31) 2.56 (1.42) 5.67 < .001
 Utility-instrumental 7.90 (4.02) 4.11 (294) 6.50 < .001
 Aesthetic-intrinsic 5.65 (3.76) 2.80 (1.84) 5.65 < .001
 Memory 5.42 (3.89) 2.66 (1.64) 5.39 < .001