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. 2018 Jan 11;5(1):e4. doi: 10.2196/mental.9092

Table 8.

Changes in emotion levels by cognitive restructuring items. The statistical test was done with within-situation paired t test.


Item and emotion
Before, mean (SDa)
After, mean (SD)

Change, mean (SD)

P value
Fact glasses




Sad or depressed (n=68) 3.5 (1.3) 2.4 (1.3) −1.5 (1.3) <.001

Anxious or worried (n=61) 3.7 (1.1) 2.2 (1.4) −1.5 (1.2) <.001

Angry (n=44) 3.8 (1.2) 2.3 (1.3) −1.1 (1.3) <.001
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Sad or depressed (n=48) 3.5 (1.3) 2.2 (1.2) −1.3 (1.3) <.001

Anxious or worried (n=49) 3.7 (1.1) 2.1 (1.4) −1.6 (1.2) <.001

Angry (n=33) 3.8 (1.3) 2.2 (1.1) −1.5 (1.3) <.001
Friend’s call




Sad or depressed (n=50) 3.6 (1.3) 2.1 (1.2) −1.5 (1.3) <.001

Anxious or worried (n=46) 3.7 (1.2) 2.1 (1.2) −1.7 (1.3) <.001

Angry (n=30) 3.4 (1.3) 2.0 (1.1) −1.4 (1.3) <.001
What-now microphone




Sad or depressed (n=41) 3.4 (1.3) 2.0 (1.2) −1.4 (1.3) <.001

Anxious or worried (n=45) 3.9 (1.1) 2.1 (1.2) −1.8 (1.2) <.001

Angry (n=30) 3.6 (1.3) 2.4 (1.2) −1.2 (1.3) <.001

aSD: standard deviation.