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. 2020 May 13;11:789. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00789

TABLE 3.

Mean (with SD) scores and comparisons.

Variables Experimental group (n = 10) Control group (n = 9) ANCOVA

Pretest Posttest t d Pretest Posttest t d F
η2
Positive rumination 2.74 (0.29) 3.15 (0.21) −3.19* −1.62 2.83 (0.43) 2.84 (0.39) −0.14 −0.02 5.97* 0.27
Negative rumination 2.63 (0.21) 1.74 (0.21) 8.86** 4.24 2.50 (0.16) 2.46 (0.29) 0.48 0.17 33.34*** 0.68
Life satisfaction 4.14 (1.14) 4.94 (0.62) −3.10* 3.78 (1.05) 4.07 (1.09) −0.08 −0.27 4.33 0.21
Depression 2.38 (0.69) 1.75 (0.37) 3.32** 1.15 2.35 (0.87) 2.57 (0.97) −0.64 −0.24 6.95* 0.30
RT of WM updating
Happy 633.21 (143.63) 505.84 (75.72) 3.64** 1.11 569.79 (119.06) 563.38 (84.00) 0.35 0.06 11.59** 0.42
Sad 634.08 (123.12) 519.57 (87.25) 3.92** 1.07 611.51 (152.93) 612.97 (93.87) −0.06 −0.01 18.49** 0.54
Neutral 605.85 (122.10) 500.00 (63.64) 3.53** 1.09 592.91 (134.89) 566.17 (95.85) 1.57 0.07 11.26** 0.41
ACC of WM updating
Happy 0.96 (0.05) 0.97 (0.03) −0.55 −0.17 0.97 (0.04) 0.97 (0.04) −0.23 0.00 0.08 0.01
Sad 0.95 (0.04) 0.97 (0.04) −1.18 −0.50 0.97 (0.03) 0.94 (0.05) 0.96 0.01 0.58 0.04
Neutral 0.97 (0.03) 0.98 (0.03) −1.02 −0.32 0.96 (0.04) 0.96 (0.03) −1.08 0.00 0.00 0.00

p < 0.10, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.