Exploring tailored virtual emotion regulation approaches for individuals with emotional eating

Table 5 Descriptive statistics of main outcome variables at baseline (T0) and two post-tests (T1 and T2) and results of Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Tests for 3 treatment groups

	T0			T1			T2			T0—T1		T0—T2
	N	M	SD	N	M	SD	N	M	SD	Z	p	Z	p
Group A
Positive affect	41	14.59	3.26	14	14.71	3.15	8	15.75	2.05	− 0.135	0.892	− 0.954	0.340
Negative affect	41	13.83	2.64	14	13.79	3.19	8	13.63	3.11	− 1.464	0.143	− 0.282	0.778
Awareness	41	10.73	1.67	14	10.43	2.50	8	10.75	2.31	− 1.813	0.070	− 1.633	0.102
Impulse	41	7.41	3.03	14	6.57	2.47	8	6.63	2.88	− 0.791	0.429	− 0.345	0.730
Strategies	41	8.41	2.41	14	8.43	2.14	8	8.13	2.75	− 0.810	0.418	− 0.690	0.490
DERS-SF total	41	26.56	4.92	14	25.43	4.50	8	25.50	5.01	− 1.699	0.089	− 0.986	0.324
Group B
Positive affect	5	17.40	2.88	2	15.00	4.24	2	17.50	0.71	− 1.342	0.180	− 0.447	0.655
Negative affect	5	15.20	1.79	2	16.00	2.83	2	12.50	2.12	− 0.447	0.655	− 1.342	0.180
Awareness	5	5.40	0.55	2	6.00	0.00	2	5.00	0.00	− 1.414	0.157	0.000	1.000
Impulse	5	10.60	1.82	2	5.50	0.71	2	8.50	2.12	− 1.342	0.180	− 1.414	0.157
Strategies	5	9.60	3.29	2	6.50	3.54	2	11.00	2.83	0.000	1.000	− 1.000	0.317
DERS-SF total	5	25.60	5.32	2	18.00	4.24	2	24.50	4.95	− 1.000	0.317	− 1.000	0.317
Group C
Positive affect	34	17.12	3.00	10	18.40	2.01	5	18.60	3.21	− 0.426	0.670	− 1.511	0.131
Negative affect	34	12.24	3.19	10	11.00	2.54	5	10.40	4.34	− 1.086	0.277	− 0.677	0.498
Awareness	34	5.88	1.53	10	5.50	1.72	5	5.80	1.79	− 0.408	0.683	− 1.342	0.180
Impulse	34	5.00	1.52	10	5.00	2.05	5	4.00	1.41	− 1.150	0.250	0.000	1.000
Strategies	34	5.91	1.88	10	6.20	2.44	5	5.20	1.10	− 0.499	0.618	− 0.816	0.414
DERS-SF total	34	16.79	3.91	10	16.70	4.69	5	15.00	3.00	− 0.818	0.413	0.000	1.000

M, mean; SD, standard deviation; Z, Z-score; DERS-SF, Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale Short Form

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