Table 2.
Night measurement means, standard deviations, F values, 0.95 confidence intervals for condition mean differences, significance, and partial eta-squared effect sizes.
| Variable | Rumination M (SD) |
Compassionate reappraisal M (SD) |
F | Mean difference 0.95 CI |
p | η2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linguistic inquiry and word count (LIWC) | ||||||
| Forgiveness | 0.22 (0.51) | 0.44 (0.83) | 8.62 | −0.36, −0.07 | 0.004 | 0.049 |
| Positive emotion | 3.31 (2.18) | 4.61 (3.33) | 21.30 | −1.85, −0.74 | <0.001 | 0.112 |
| Negative emotion | 2.99 (2.15) | 2.26 (1.97) | 11.30 | 0.30, 1.16 | 0.001 | 0.063 |
| Social | 14.37 (4.31) | 15.46 (4.94) | 5.85 | −1.99, −0.20 | 0.017 | 0.033 |
| State self-report scales and ratings | ||||||
| Anger scale | 18.39 (7.26) | 13.55 (5.22) | 102.12 | 3.89, 5.78 | <0.001 | 0.377 |
| Negative-to-positive rating | 3.56 (1.43) | 4.74 (1.30) | 112.74 | −1.40, −0.96 | <0.001 | 0.400 |
| Arousal rating | 3.29 (1.67) | 2.19 (1.31) | 77.03 | 0.85, 1.35 | <0.001 | 0.313 |
| Perceived control rating | 4.87 (1.74) | 5.26 (1.67) | 8.55 | −0.65, −0.13 | 0.004 | 0.048 |
| Sadness rating | 3.92 (2.00) | 2.95 (1.66) | 51.44 | 0.70, 1.23 | <0.001 | 0.233 |
| Empathy scale | 10.96 (8.66) | 16.35 (10.03) | 122.98 | −6.35, −4.43 | <0.001 | 0.421 |
| Forgiveness scale | 59.83 (13.05) | 63.77 (13.03) | 46.25 | −5.09, −2.80 | <0.001 | 0.215 |
Single item ratings for anger, empathy, and forgiveness showed the same reliable differences between rumination and compassionate reappraisal as each of their respective scales (all Fs ≥ 52.62, all ps ﹤ .001, and all 𝜂2s ≥ 0.24). Possible score ranges are reported in the Measures section of the Method.