Table 3.
Characteristics of participants by distance condition.
| Variables | Condition |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| Near (n = 123) |
Far (n = 123) |
Total (N = 246) |
|
| Gender (%(n)) | |||
| Male | 41.5 (51) | 44.7 (55) | 43.1 (106) |
| Female | 58.5 (72) | 54.5 (67) | 56.5 (139) |
| Other | 0.0 (0) | 0.8 (1) | 0.4 (1) |
| BMI (M (SD)) | 25.6 (5.5) | 25.8 (5.6) | 25.7 (5.5) |
| Age (M (SD)) | 35.7 (12.7) | 36.8 (13.2) | 36.2 (13.0) |
| Education (%(n)) | |||
| <4 GCSEs | 17.1 (21) | 18.7 (23) | 17.9 (44) |
| >5 GCSEs/1 A-level | 25.2 (31) | 26.0 (32) | 25.6 (63) |
| >2 A-levels/Degree | 31.7 (39) | 32.5 (40) | 32.1 (79) |
| Post-graduate degree | 26.0 (32) | 22.8 (28) | 24.4 (60) |
| Ethnicity (%(n)) | |||
| White | 87.0 (107) | 88.6 (109) | 87.8 (216) |
| Mixed | 4.9 (6) | 1.6 (2) | 3.3 (8) |
| Asian | 4.9 (6) | 4.1 (5) | 4.5 (11) |
| Black | 2.4 (3) | 4.1 (5) | 3.3 (8) |
| Other/rather not say | 0.8 (1) | 1.6 (2) | 1.2 (3) |
| Stroop (M (SD)) | |||
| Baseline reaction time (ms) | 1659.8 (743.8) | 1607.9 (651.0) | 1634.1 (698.3) |
| Baseline Interference (ms) | 322.7 (326.3) | 269.8 (233.7) | 296.4 (284.7) |
| Liking for chocolate (M (SD)) | 34.7 (29.0) | 36.8 (30.5) | 35.8 (29.7) |
| Hunger (M (SD)) | 3.0 (1.6) | 2.9 (1.7) | 2.9 (1.7) |
| Impulsivity (M (SD)) | 32.1 (6.3) | 32.3 (6.6) | 32.2 (6.5) |