Table 2.

The means, standard deviations (in parentheses), and F-statistics of psychological-state variables as a function of possession condition.

	Scale	Physical-possession (n = 30)	Psychological-possession (n = 29)	No possession (n = 29)	F-statisticsa	Effect size (${\eta }_p^2)$	Post-Hoc
Pain reduction motive	1–7	5.73 (0.94)	5.75 (0.88)	5.66 (1.05)	0.08	0.002
Perceived effectiveness	1–7	4.90 (0.86)	5.03 (0.880)	5.03 (0.83)	0.22	0.005
Guess temperature	°C	− 2.13 (9.00)	− 3.59 (8.95)	− 2.03 (14.71)	0.17	0.004
Positive affect	1–5	2.27 (0.67)	2.1 (0.67)	2.34 (0.82)	0.66	0.02
Negative affect	1–5	1.40 (0.47)	1.39 (0.40)	1.40 (0.48)	0.004	0.00
Perceived efficacy	1–7	4.98 (0.82)	4.72(0.87)	4.80 (0.85)	0.74	0.02
Expected pain intensity	0–10	6.73 (1.05)	6.00 (1.79)	6.52 (1.50)	1.91	0.04
Expected pain severity	1–5	2.73 (0.785)	2.48 (0.738)	2.93 (0.753)	2.54	0.06
State anxiety	1–4	2.14 (0.482)	2.28 (0.457)	2.19 (0.38)	0.79	0.02
Social desirability	0–13 (yes/no)	5.60 (3.07)	7.34 (2.42)	7.38 (2.87)	3.90*	0.08	Phy < Psy Phy < No Psy = No

Values outside parentheses are means, inside are standard deviations.

Phy physical possession, Psy psychological possession, No no possession.

*p < 0.05.

^aFor univariate F-tests, degrees of freedom are (2, 85).