Table 2.
Within-subject differences in emotional impact, interference, ego-dystonicity and dysfunctional appraisals associated with the four most upsetting unwanted mental intrusions (UMIs).
| UMIs | Women |
Men |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M (SD) | F (df) | η2p | M (SD) | F (df) | η2p | |
| Emotional impact (Women: n = 179; Men: n = 48) | ||||||
| OCD-related | 1.90 (1.09)a | 16.63 (3, 534)** | .08 | 1.63 (0.98)a | 14.50 (3, 141)** | .23 |
| BDD-related | 2.05 (1.08)a | 1.68 (1.02)ab | ||||
| HYP-related | 2.50 (1.06)b | 2.33 (1.03)c | ||||
| EDs-related | 1.97(1.14)a | 1.33 (0.93)ad | ||||
| Interference (Women: n = 175; Men: n = 47) | ||||||
| OCD-related | 2.32 (1.15)a | 20.68 (3, 522)** | .10 | 1.85 (1.12)a | 8.69 (3, 138)** | .159 |
| BDD-related | 1.61 (1.17)b | 1.51 (1.15)a | ||||
| HYP-related | 1.93 (1.29)c | 1.8 (1.29)a | ||||
| EDs-related | 1.61 (1.27)b | 1.1 (1.1)b | ||||
| Ego-dystonicity (Women: n = 178; Men: n = 48) | ||||||
| OCD-related | 1.18 (1.34) | 2.29 (3, 531) | .01 | 1.56 (1.48) | 0.76 (3, 141) | .016 |
| BDD-related | 1.17 (1.24) | 1.35 (1.32) | ||||
| HYP-related | 1.34 (1.31) | 1.39 (1.3) | ||||
| EDs-related | 1.40 (1.27) | 1.25 (1.13) | ||||
| Dysfunctional Appraisals (Women: n = 176; Men: n = 46) | ||||||
| OCD-related | 2.05 (.83)a | 7.68 (3, 525)** | .04 | 1.86 (0.82) | 1.86 (3, 135) | .04 |
| BDD-related | 1.77 (.97)b | 1.69 (0.90) | ||||
| HYP-related | 1.79 (.87)b | 1.81 (0.98) | ||||
| EDs-related | 1.78 (.96)b | 1.59 (0.88) | ||||
Note, *p < .05. Superscripts a,b,c,d indicate post-hoc within-group differences (Bonferroni). Same superscript indicates no differences; different superscripts differ significantly at p ≤ .05. OCD: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder; BDD: Body Dysmorphic Disorder; HYP: Hypochondriasis; EDs: Eating Disorders.
**
p < .01.