Table 3.
Mean (s.d) values for psychological indices.
| Multitasking N = 25 |
Critically Evaluated Multitasking N = 25 |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Perceived Stress | 16.8 (4.2) | 17.4 (3.7) | |
| Mood (mm) | |||
| Alert | Pre | 60.6 (10.1) | 61.6 (16.4) |
| Post | 58.8 (14.6) | 55.1 (16.5) | |
| Content | Pre | 71.8 (9.3) | 71.6 (12.1) |
| Post | 66.5 (10.8) | 57.7 (16.0) | |
| Calm | Pre | 64.1 (14.5) | 68.1 (15.3) |
| Post | 52.9 (17.8) | 38.6 (16.5) | |
| Anxious | Pre | 29.6 (20.8) | 31.8 (22.2) |
| Post | 32.1 (17.7) | 46.3 (21.2) | |
| Happy | Pre | 63.2 (16.6) | 70.6 (16.9) |
| Post | 63.7 (18.8) | 52.9 (19.6) | |
| Perceived Workload (mm) | |||
| Mental Demand ** | 55.0 (24.4) | 71.8 (18.6) | |
| Physical Demand* | 20.9 (17.3) | 32.9 (23.2) | |
| Temporal Demand * | 56.2 (22.9) | 68.8 (18.4) | |
| Effort * | 55.4 (22.3) | 70.9 (21.5) | |
| Perceived Performance * | 65.3 (20.9) | 51.2 (17.3) | |
| Frustration ** | 32.5 (16.0) | 60.8 (23.3) | |
mm = millimetres.
Between group differences: *p < 0.05; **p < 0.001.