. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 1.

Published in final edited form as: Health Psychol. 2017 Feb 16;36(4):380–391. doi: 10.1037/hea0000460

Table 1.

Study 1 Weighted Mean (SD) by Experimental Condition

	SA Neutral n = 106¹	SA Negative n = 225²	NA Neutral n = 110³	NA Negative n = 211⁴

Behavior Change Plans	0.54 (0.81)^A	0.35 (0.59)^B	0.34 (0.61)^B	0.62 (0.83)^A
Intentions	3.67 (2.18)	3.74 (2.02)	3.47 (1.95)	2.70 (2.04)
Deliberative Risk Perceptions	3.50 (1.44)	3.26 (1.29)	3.23 (1.13)	3.32 (1.37)
Affective Risk Perceptions	2.12 (1.37)	2.19 (1.50)	1.98 (1.13)	2.14 (1.37)
Experiential Risk Perceptions⁵	3.21 (1.90)	2.89 (1.65)	2.61 (1.56)	2.60 (1.70)
Essay Word Count⁶	52.8 (42.1)	48.2 (41)	38.4 (31.2)	29.2 (25.4)
Self-affirmation Rating⁵	2.52 (1.29)^A	1.76 (1.08)^B	1.06 (0.50)^C	1.03 (0.60)^C
Positivity Rating	3.35 (1.44)	2.76 (1.43)	2.75 (1.41)	2.61 (1.45)

Note: SA = Self-affirmation Condition; NA = No-affirmation condition; Shared letter subscripts in each row are not significantly different (p < .05) and are provided only for outcomes with a significant interaction.

Data were missing from 1 participant for experiential risk perceptions.

Data were missing from 3 participants for intentions and 3 participants for affective risk perceptions

Data were missing from 2 participants for experiential risk perceptions and 2 participants for experiential risk perceptions

⁴

Data were missing from 6 participants for intentions and 2 participants for affective risk perceptions

⁵

Significant main effects with SA > NA.

⁶

Significant main effects with Neutral > Negative.