Table 2.
Study 1 – risk perception across groups.
| Paranoia |
Anxiety |
HC |
Group comparisons | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 30) | (n = 21) | (n = 52) | ||
| Neutral: Likelihood | 3.97 (1.41) | 4.37 (0.89) | 4.04 (1.18) | F(2) = 0.75, SS = 2.14, p = 0.475 |
| Neutral: Harm | 2.00a (1.09) | 1.41b (0.62) | 1.18b (0.37) | F(2) = 12.89, SS = 12.33, p < 0.001, ηp2 = 0.21 |
| Neutral: Controllability | 3.13 (1.37) | 3.11 (1.32) | 3.14 (1.62) | F(2) = 0.003, SS = 0.02, p = 0.997 |
| Neutral: Intentionality | 3.48 (1.50) | 3.31 (1.38) | 3.30 (1.70) | F(2) = 0.13, SS = 0.65, p = 0.878 |
| Negative: Likelihood | 3.80a (1.14) | 3.70a (1.27) | 2.90b (1.22) | F(2) = 6.55, SS = 19.11, p = 0.002, ηp2 = 0.117 |
| Negative: Harm | 3.66 (1.26) | 3.71 (1.69) | 3.08 (1.50) | F(2) = 2.10, SS = 9.15, p = 0.128 |
| Negative: Controllability | 2.86 (1.28) | 2.87 (1.22) | 2.94 (1.27) | F(2) = 0.042, SS = 0.13, p = 0.959 |
| Negative: Intentionality | 3.59 (1.23) | 3.36 (1.29) | 3.00 (1.45) | F(2) = 1.85, SS = 6.83, p = 0.162 |
Note: a, b represent significant post-hoc differences with a > b.