Table 3.

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

	Scales	Physical-possession (n = 30)	Psychological-possession (n = 29)	No-possession (n = 29)	F-statisticsa	Effect size (${\eta }_p^2)$	Post-Hocb
Baseline measures
Verbal and written pain intensity NRS	0–10	0.00 (0.00)	0.00 (0.00)	0.00 (0.00)
MPQ pain intensity	0–5	0.00 (0.00)	0.00 (0.00)	0.00 (0.00)
MPQ pain severity	cm	0.00 (0.00)	0.00 (0.00)	0.00 (0.00)
Face pain intensity	1–6	0.00 (0.00)	0.00 (0.00)	0.00 (0.00)
Pain unpleasantness VAS	cm	0.16 (0.86)	0.00 (0.00)	0.01 (0.04)	0.90	0.02
Reference pain	0–5	3.31 (0.91)	3.10 (0.86)	2.94 (0.72)	1.43	0.03
Objective physical measures
Pain threshold	s	14.77 (14.23)	7.62 (4.62)	7.20 (3.73)	6.65**	0.14	Phy < Psy Phy < No Psy = No
Pain tolerance	s	130.37 (66.88)	69.51 (54.19)	88.89 (67.11)	7.19**	0.15	Phy < Psy Phy < No Psy = No
Subjective self-reported measures
Verbal pain intensity NRS	0–10	7.08 (1.37)	6.58 (1.41)c	6.74 (1.13)d	1.07e	0.03
Written pain intensity NRS	0–10	8.10 (1.71)	8.38 (1.76)	7.90 (2.02)	0.51	0.01
MPQ pain intensity	0–5	2.98 (0.87)	3.02 (0.84)	3.01 (0.96)	0.02	0.000
MPQ pain severity	cm	7.46 (1.79)	7.73 (1.94)	7.30 (2.11)	0.36	0.009
MPQ pain quality	0–3	1.29 (0.53)	1.40 (0.61)	1.37 (0.54)	0.34	0.008
Face pain intensity	1–6	3.37 (1.10)	3.41 (1.21)	3.41 (1.05)	0.02	0.00
Pain unpleasantness VAS	cm	5.75 (2.72)	6.11 (2.55)	6.05 (2.98)	0.15	0.003

Values outside parentheses are means, inside are standard deviations.

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

**p < 0.005.

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

^bGames–Howell post-hoc comparisons were utilized.

^cn = 27.

^dn = 26.

^eFor univariate F-tests, degrees of freedom are (2, 80).