Table 3.
Simple moderator analyses for posttest n-back, task-switching, RAPM, and UCMRT performance
| Moderator | Overall posttest score | n-back | Task switching | RAPM | UCMRT | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b | p | CI | b | p | CI | b | p | CI | b | p | CI | b | p | CI | |
| Age | 0.02 | 0.229 | –0.02, 0.07 | –0.00 | 0.995 | –0.13, 0.13 | –0.02 | 0.737 | –0.11, 0.08 | –0.01 | 0.782 | –0.12, 0.09 | –0.01 | 0.870 | –0.12, 0.10 |
| Gender | 0.11 | 0.367 | –0.13, 0.35 | 0.40 | 0.316 | –0.39, 1.20 | 0.17 | 0.549 | –0.40, 0.75 | –0.17 | 0.576 | –0.79, 0.44 | 0.20 | 0.548 | –0.46, 0.87 |
| Big 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Extra. | 0.05 | 0.075 | –0.01, 0.10 | 0.19 | 0.035 | 0.01, 0.36 a | –0.01 | 0.828 | –0.14, 0.11 | –0.02 | 0.825 | –0.16, 0.13 | –0.12 | 0.112 | –0.27, 0.03 |
| Agree. | 0.01 | 0.772 | –0.06, 0.08 | –0.03 | 0.796 | –0.26, 0.20 | 0.06 | 0.454 | –0.10, 0.23 | –0.09 | 0.303 | –0.27, 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.754 | –0.16, 0.22 |
| Consci. | –0.01 | 0.750 | –0.08, 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.972 | –0.23, 0.23 | –0.04 | 0.674 | –0.20, 0.13 | –0.05 | 0.610 | –0.23, 0.13 | –0.12 | 0.218 | –0.31, 0.07 |
| Neurot. | –0.05 | 0.142 | –0.10, 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.980 | –0.19, 0.20 | 0.02 | 0.786 | –0.12, 0.16 | 0.10 | 0.202 | –0.05, 0.25 | –0.04 | 0.675 | –0.20, 0.13 |
| Open. | –0.03 | 0.301 | –0.09, 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.659 | –0.15, 0.24 | 0.09 | 0.204 | –0.05, 0.24 | 0.00 | 0.970 | –0.15, 0.16 | –0.04 | 0.603 | –0.21, 0.12 |
| BAS/BIS | |||||||||||||||
| Drive | 0.03 | 0.144 | –0.01, 0.08 | 0.13 | 0.079 | –0.02, 0.27 | –0.05 | 0.382 | –0.15, 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.462 | –0.07, 0.16 | –0.06 | 0.305 | –0.19, 0.06 |
| Fun seek | 0.02 | 0.386 | –0.03, 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.503 | –0.11, 0.23 | 0.13 | 0.032 | 0.02, 0.25 | 0.04 | 0.579 | –0.10, 0.17 | 0.03 | 0.716 | –0.12, 0.17 |
| Reward | 0.01 | 0.795 | –0.04, 0.06 | 0.17 | 0.032 | 0.02, 0.32 | –0.00 | 0.945 | –0.12, 0.11 | 0.01 | 0.820 | –0.11, 0.14 | –0.10 | 0.130 | –0.24, 0.03 |
| BIS | –0.01 | 0.368 | –0.04, 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.247 | –0.04, 0.15 | 0.01 | 0.848 | –0.06, 0.08 | 0.03 | 0.427 | –0.05, 0.11 | 0.01 | 0.845 | –0.07, 0.09 |
| Grit | –0.00 | 0.656 | –0.02, 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.533 | –0.05, 0.09 | –0.04 | 0.117 | –0.09, 0.01 | –0.01 | 0.762 | –0.06, 0.05 | –0.03 | 0.318 | –0.09, 0.03 |
| Metacog. | 0.00 | 0.226 | –0.00, 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.251 | –0.01, 0.03 | –0.00 | 0.754 | –0.02, 0.01 | –0.00 | 0.945 | –0.02, 0.02 | –0.01 | 0.407 | –0.03, 0.01 |
| Mindset | –0.01 | 0.057 | –0.03, 0.00 | –0.01 | 0.744 | –0.06, 0.04 | –0.00 | 0.851 | –0.04, 0.03 | –0.05 | 0.018 | –0.08, –0.01 | –0.04 | 0.056 | –0.08, 0.00 |
| SSEIT | |||||||||||||||
| Percept | –0.01 | 0.231 | –0.03, 0.01 | –0.01 | 0.673 | –0.07, 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.445 | –0.02, 0.05 | –0.00 | 0.887 | –0.02, 0.02 | –0.01 | 0.545 | –0.06, 0.03 |
| Utility | 0.02 | 0.350 | –0.02, 0.05 | –0.02 | 0.624 | –0.12, 0.07 | –0.03 | 0.470 | –0.10, 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.953 | –0.08, 0.08 | –0.07 | 0.095 | –0.15, 0.01 |
| Self | –0.01 | 0.231 | –0.03, 0.07 | 0.00 | 0.927 | –0.06, 0.07 | –0.01 | 0.625 | –0.06, 0.04 | –0.01 | 0.619 | –0.07, 0.04 | –0.02 | 0.406 | –0.08, 0.03 |
| Others | 0.00 | 0.954 | –0.03, 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.651 | –0.06, 10 | 0.05 | 0.096 | –0.01, 0.11 | –0.00 | 0.915 | –0.07, 0.06 | –0.06 | 0.062 | –0.13, 0.00 |
| WOFO | |||||||||||||||
| Work | 0.02 | 0.334 | –0.02, 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.666 | –0.09, 0.14 | –0.02 | 0.608 | –0.11, 0.06 | –0.03 | 0.476 | –0.13, 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.567 | –0.07, 0.13 |
| Mastery | 0.02 | 0.094 | –0.00, 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.459 | –0.05, 0.11 | –0.03 | 0.414 | –0.08, 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.523 | –0.04, 0.08 | 0.00 | 0.880 | –0.06, 0.07 |
| Compete | –0.01 | 0.594 | –0.04, 0.02 | –0.01 | 0.873 | –0.11, 0.09 | –0.00 | 0.983 | –0.07, 0.07 | –0.03 | 0.477 | –0.11, 0.05 | –0.05 | 0.276 | –0.13, 0.04 |
aBold values indicate p-values < .05. Extra = Extraversion; Agree = Agreeableness; Consci = Conscientiousness; Open = Openness; Metacog = Metacognition