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. 2019 Nov 12;10:2474. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02474

TABLE 2.

Predictors of epistemic emotions (Model 1).

Surprise Curiosity Confusion



Predictor b ß p 95% CI b ß p 95% CI b ß p 95% CI
Study 1
Accuracy –0.609 –0.514 0.000 [−0.551; −0.477] –0.478 –0.430 0.000 [−0.469; −0.391] –0.003 –0.498 0.000 [−0.531; −0.464]
Confidence 0.120 0.094 0.000 [0.059; 0.128] –0.113 –0.094 0.000 [−0.131; −0.057] –0.453 0.208 0.000 [0.174;0.242]
Accuracy × Confidence –0.602 –0.506 0.000 [−0.538; −0.473] –0.351 –0.314 0.000 [−0.349; −0.278] –0.204 –0.331 0.000 [−0.362; −0.299]
Confidence in incorrect answers 0.604 0.649 0.000 [0.598; 0.701] 0.262 0.345 0.000 [0.264; 0.425] 0.394 0.499 0.000 [0.434; 0.565]
Confidence in correct answers –0.302 –0.508 0.000 [−0.570; −0.445] –0.301 –0.405 0.000 [−0.465; −0.345] –0.061 –0.219 0.000 [−0.304; −0.134]
Order –0.002 –0.010 0.458 [−0.036; 0.016] –0.004 –0.010 0.202 [−0.050; 0.011] –0.303 –0.017 0.261 [−0.047; 0.013]
Study 2
Accuracy –0.489 –0.392 0.000 [−0.446; −0.338] –0.522 –0.451 0.000 [−0.512; −0.391] –0.491 –0.445 0.000 [−0.497; −0.393]
Confidence 0.203 0.163 0.000 [0.120; 0.206] –0.015 –0.013 0.637 [−0.069; 0.042] 0.267 0.242 0.000 [0.188; 0.295]
Accuracy × Confidence –0.661 –0.527 0.000 [−0.573; −0.482] –0.378 –0.325 0.000 [-0.378; −0.272] –0.359 –0.324 0.000 [−0.371; −0.278]
Confidence in incorrect answers 0.589 0.596 0.000 [0.515; 0.663] 0.267 0.315 0.000 [0.182; 0.351] 0.418 0.436 0.000 [0.337; 0.498]
Confidence in correct answers –0.365 –0.517 0.000 [−0.437; −0.293] –0.286 –0.340 0.000 [−0.377; −0.196] –0.087 –0.220 0.000 [−0.139; −0.036]
Order –0.007 –0.033 0.062 [−0.067; 0.002] 0.000 0.000 0.991 [−0.042; 0.043] 0.000 –0.001 0.947 [−0.042; 0.039]

b, Unstandardized path coefficient; ß, standardized path coefficient; p, p-value; CI, confidence interval.