TABLE 4.

Mean (and standard deviation) for pre- and post-attitude, and pre- and post-importance of attitude in the different dissonance-reduction strategies.

Dissonance-reduction strategy	Pre-attitude	Post-attitude	Pre-importance of attitude	Post-importance of attitude
1. Attitude change (n = 9)	0.89 (0.60)	3.00 (1.23)	3.67 (1.80)	3.67 (1.80)
2. Attitude bolstering (n = 1)	3	1	6	6
3. Trivialization (n = 34)	0.24 (0.55)	0.24 (0.55)	6.24 (1.23)	3.26 (2.23)
4. Importance bolstering (n = 11)	0.18 (0.60)	0.18 (0.60)	3.82 (1.89)	5.55 (1.51)
5. Attitude change and Trivialization (n = 25)	0.64 (0.95)	2.92 (1.71)	5.44 (1.16)	2.80 (1.58)
6. Attitude change and Importance bolstering (n = 7)	1.14 (1.46)	3.14 (2.12)	3.43 (1.90)	5.00 (1.73)
7. Attitude bolstering and Trivialization (n = 3)	1.33 (0.58)	0.33 (0.58)	4.00 (1.73)	1.67 (2.89)
8. Attitude bolstering and Importance bolstering (n = 2)	2.50 (0.71)	0.00 (0.00)	2.50 (0.71)	5.50 (2.12)
9. No strategy (n = 14)	0.50 (0.94)	0.50 (0.94)	6.07 (1.07)	6.07 (1.07)
TOTAL (n = 106)	0.58 (0.92)	1.33 (1.74)	5.24 (1.74)	3.93 (2.18)

Scale ranged from 0 to 7.