Table 1.

Results for each planned contrast and endothelial cell-derived microparticle (EMP) marker.

	CD31+ EMPs							CD51+ EMPs							CD62E+ EMPs
Contrast	Effect	STE	95%Cl		t	P	Sig.	Effect	STE	95%Cl		t	P	Sig.	Effect	STE	95%Cl		t	P	Sig.
Post 1 vs. Pre-Trier Social Stress Test
Control	0.07	0.10	−0.14	0.27	0.67	0.512		0.13	0.08	−0.05	0.31	1.54	0.147		0.06	0.11	−0.17	0.30	0.58	0.575
SET Alone	0.71	0.23	0.15	1.28	3.08	0.022	*	0.71	0.25	0.09	1.32	2.81	0.031	*	1.11	0.44	0.04	2.19	2.53	0.044	*
SET+Values Affirmation	0.09	0.05	−0.03	0.21	1.78	0.118		−0.05	0.12	−0.33	0.24	−0.38	0.714		−0.21	0.20	−0.68	0.25	−1.09	0.313
Change scores (Post 1 - Pre-Trier Social Stress Test)
SET Alone vs. Control	0.65	0.21	0.20	1.09	3.06	0.006	**	0.58	0.21	0.14	1.02	2.74	0.013	*	1.05	0.34	0.34	1.76	3.08	0.006	**
SET Alone vs. SET+Values Affirmation	0.62	0.22	0.14	1.10	2.79	0.015	*	0.75	0.27	0.17	1.33	2.81	0.015	*	1.32	0.46	0.33	2.32	2.89	0.013	*
SET+Values Affirmation vs. Control	0.03	0.14	−0.26	0.31	0.20	0.846		−0.18	0.14	−0.48	0.12	−1.22	0.236		−0.28	0.21	−0.71	0.15	−1.34	0.196
Pre-Trier Social Stress Test
SET Alone vs. Control	−0.20	0.25	−0.73	0.33	−0.79	0.440		−0.09	0.40	−0.92	0.74	−0.24	0.816		−0.19	0.23	−0.68	0.31	−0.79	0.437
SET Alone vs. SET+Values Affirmation	−0.58	0.30	−1.23	0.07	−1.92	0.075		−0.55	0.46	−1.53	0.43	−1.20	0.248		−0.57	0.31	−1.22	0.08	−1.86	0.083
SET+Values Affirmation vs. Control	0.38	0.20	−0.02	0.79	1.95	0.064		0.46	0.29	−0.13	1.05	1.61	0.122		0.38	0.20	−0.04	0.81	1.88	0.074
Post 1 controlling for Pre-Trier Social Stress Test
SET Alone vs. Control	0.32	0.11	0.09	0.55	2.91	0.009	**	0.29	0.11	0.06	0.52	2.67	0.016	*	0.51	0.18	0.14	0.88	2.89	0.010	*
SET Alone vs. SET+Values Affirmation	0.36	0.13	0.08	0.64	2.76	0.017	*	0.39	0.15	0.07	0.71	2.68	0.020	*	0.74	0.26	0.17	0.31	2.84	0.015	*
SET+Values Affirmation vs. Control	0.05	0.08	−0.11	0.20	0.61	0.552		−0.09	0.08	−0.25	0.08	−1.10	0.283		−0.17	0.11	−0.40	0.07	−1.49	0.153

SET = Social Evaluative Threat; STE = standard error of the mean; CI = confidence interval

^**p < ·01;

^*p < ·05