Counterfinality: On the Increased Perceived Instrumentality of Means to a Goal.

Front Psychol · 2018 · PMC6040204 · PMID 30022959

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almost reached significancep = 0.448not close (p > 0.1)

Results showed that the interaction between Focal Goal Magnitude × Alternative Goal Magnitude (β = −0.14, p = 0.081) as well as the interaction between Alternative Goal Magnitude × Painfulness (β = 0.15, p = 0.057) almost reached significance, whereas the interaction between Focal Goal Magnitude × Painfulness did not (β = 0.06, p = 0.448).

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