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. 2017 Mar 6;8:289. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00289

Table 1.

Relationship between inter-temporal choice (ITC) and Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire (VVIQ) and all other tasks and self-reports administered in the visualization intervention experiment.

Correlation with ITC pre-training Correlation with VVIQ pre-training Group differences post-training
Tasks n = 48 n = 48 n = 38
Alpha, Risk Aversion r = 0.27, p = 0.07 r = -0.19, p = 0.20 t(36) = 1.29, p = 0.21
Lambda, Loss Aversion r = 0.00002, p = 0.99 r = -0.08, p = 0.59 t(36) = 0.54, p = 0.59
Beta, Ambiguity Aversion r = 0.42, p < 0.01 r = -0.39, p < 0.01 t(36) = 0.61, p = 0.54
Self-Reports
Life Optimism Test – Revised
r = -0.01, p = 0.95 r = -0.25, p = 0.09 t(36) = -0.88, p = 0.38
Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory
Past Negative r = 0.10, p = 0.50 r = 0.10, p = 0.50 t(36) = -0.39, p = 0.70
Present Hedonistic r = 0.13, p = 0.38 r = -0.27, p = 0.06 t(36) = 0.20, p = 0.84
Future r = -0.001, p = 0.99 r = -0.07, p = 0.64 t(36) = 0.55, p = 0.58
Past Positive r = -0.06, p = 0.71 r = -0.19, p = 0.20 t(36) = -1.16, p = 0.25
Present Fatalistic r = 0.17, p = 0.25 r = -0.07, p = 0.64 t(36) = -0.45, p = 0.65
Interpersonal Reactivity Index
Perspective-Taking (PT) r = 0.41, p < 0.01 r = -0.45, p < 0.01 t(36) = 0.47, p = 0.64
Fantasy (FS) r = 0.32, p = 0.03 r = -0.34, p = 0.02 t(36) = 0.09, p = 0.93
Empathic Concern (EC) r = 0.22, p = 0.13 r = -0.21, p = 0.15 t(36) = -0.23, p = 0.82
Personal Distress (PD) r = 0.30, p = 0.04 r = -0.13, p = 0.38 t(36) = 0.03, p = 0.97
Self Efficacy Scale
r = -0.007, p = 0.96 r = -0.24, p = 0.10 t(36) = -0.60, p = 0.55
Attributional Style Questionnaire
Good r = 0.09, p = 0.54 r = 0.10, p = 0.50 t(36) = 0.28, p = 0.78
Bad r = -0.0001, p = 0.99 r = 0.02, p = 0.89 t(36) = -0.57, p = 0.57

The first column shows the correlation with log-k values pre-training, the second column shows the correlation with VVIQ scores pre-training, and the third column tests for group differences between visualization and relaxation groups post-training.