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. 2021 Aug 10;26:100441. doi: 10.1016/j.invent.2021.100441

Table 4.

Post hoc tests of times in each news group.

Group Comparison Mean difference t DF Corrected-p Cohen's d Magnitudea
Overall score
Negative Pre vs. post news -5.75 -6.96 120 <0.001⁎⁎⁎ -0.63 Moderate
Negative Pre vs. post pause 2.79 3.38 120 0.006⁎⁎ 0.31 Small
Negative Post news vs. post pause 8.55 8.92 120 <0.001⁎⁎⁎ 0.81 Large
Positive Pre vs. post news 2.5 5.03 123 <0.001⁎⁎⁎ 0.45 Small
Positive Pre vs. post pause 5.45 7.5 123 <0.001⁎⁎⁎ 0.67 Moderate
Positive Post news vs. post pause 2.95 5.53 123 <0.001⁎⁎⁎ 0.5 Small



Positive score
Negative Pre vs. post news 4.03 8.38 120 <0.001⁎⁎⁎ 0.76 Moderate
Negative Pre vs. post pause 1.52 3.84 120 0.001 0.35 Small
Negative Post news vs. post pause -2.51 -6.11 120 <0.001⁎⁎⁎ -0.56 Moderate
Positive Pre vs. post news -0.72 -2.58 123 0.066 -0.23 Small
Positive Pre vs. post pause -0.64 -1.99 123 0.294 -0.18 Negligible
Positive Post news vs. post pause 0.08 0.37 123 1.00 0.03 Negligible



Negative score
Negative Pre vs. post news -1.72 -2.95 120 0.024 -0.27 Small
Negative Pre vs. post pause 4.31 6.16 120 <0.001⁎⁎⁎ 0.56 Moderate
Negative Post news vs. post pause 6.03 8.62 120 <0.001⁎⁎⁎ 0.78 Moderate
Positive Pre vs. post news 1.78 4.51 123 <0.001⁎⁎⁎ 0.4 Small
Positive Pre vs. post pause 4.81 8.21 123 <0.001⁎⁎⁎ 0.74 Moderate
Positive Post news vs. post pause 3.03 6.78 123 <0.001⁎⁎⁎ 0.61 Moderate

Note. The results in this table refer to pairwise tests comparing the Times in each News group. DF = Degrees of freedom.

a

Magnitude of the effect size: negligible |d| < 0.2; small |d| <0.5; moderate |d| < 0.8; large |d| ≥ 08.

p < 0.05.

⁎⁎

p < 0.01.

⁎⁎⁎

p < 0.001.