Trait Anxiety Leads to "Better" Performance? A Study on Acute Stress and Uncertain Decision-Making.

Behav Sci (Basel) · 2024 · PMC11673477 · PMID 39767327

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approached significancep = 0.071so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

The main effect of condition approached significance ( F (1,54) = 3.385, p = 0.071, ŋ p 2 = 0.059), with the stress group (0.552 ± 0.04) showing a marginally lower proportion of selections of the increasing option than the control group (0.656 ± 0.039).

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marginally significantp = 0.079so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

The main effect of time was marginally significant ( F (1,54) = 3.195, p = 0.079, ŋ p 2 = 0.056), with baseline levels significantly lower than after the decision-making task.

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