Table 3.
Results of t-tests for sensory and psychological tests
| Means | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-picky (n = 16) |
Picky (n = 18) |
t-value | df | d | p | |
| Sensory measures | ||||||
| Quinine intensity (mean)* | 17.45 | 25.43 | −2.48 | 22.48† | 0.88 | .017 |
| Sucrose intensity (mean)* | 14.37 | 20.82 | −2.75 | 23.30† | 0.97 | .009 |
| Psychological tests | ||||||
| Disgust scale * | 13.2 | 18.38 | −2.62 | 31 | 0.93 | .014 |
| Padua Inventory (PI) * | 14.88 | 49.97 | −5.00 | 18.64† | 1.77 | <.001 |
| Beck Depression Inventory (short form) * | 1.41 | 5.25 | −3.29 | 18.41† | 1.17 | .004 |
| Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26) | 4.06 | 8.63 | −1.97 | 31 | 0.70 | .058 |
| Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire (DEBQ) | ||||||
| Restraint | 2.52 | 2.21 | −1.07 | 31 | 0.38 | .29 |
| Emotional Eating | 2.35 | 2.29 | 0.19 | 31 | 0.07 | .85 |
| Externality | 3.27 | 3.12 | 0.65 | 33 | 0.23 | .52 |
| Food Neophobia Scale * | 19.41 | 47.50 | −8.74 | 30.38† | 3.10 | <.001 |
| General Neophobia Scale | 22.71 | 25.97 | −0.93 | 31 | 0.33 | .36 |
*
significant difference
†
equal variances not assumed