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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Posit Psychol. 2016 Aug 16;12(6):547–557. doi: 10.1080/17439760.2016.1221123

Table 3.

Descriptive Statistics and Tests in Study 3

Alone Stranger Friend
Level of Fun Reported 3.89
(0.93)
4.11
(0.96)
4.55
(0.84)

Hypothesized Contrasts

B SE t p 95% CI

C1: Alone vs. Social .15 0.05 t(253)=3.18 =.002 {0.05 to 0.25}
C2: Stranger vs. Friend .22 0.07 t(253)=3.04 =.003 {0.08 to 0.36}

Interactions and Simple Slopes Involving Loneliness

Loneliness −0.15 0.12 t(246) = −1.32 =.19 {−0.39 to 0.09}
C1 × Loneliness −0.09 0.09 t(246)=−1.03 =.30 {−0.27 to 0.08}
C2 × Loneliness −0.29 0.13 t(246)=−2.22 =.03 {−0.55 to −0.03}
Simple Slopes:
  Alone 0.03 0.23 t(246)=0.13 =.90 {−0.43 to 0.49}
  Stranger 0.04 0.20 t(246)=0.21 =.84 {−0.34 to 0.43}
  Friend −0.53 0.17 t(246)=−3.22 =.002 {−0.86 to −0.20}

Note. The top row reports means above standard deviations (in parentheses).