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Table 2 Questionnaire characteristics of depressed patients at baseline and posttreatment (means and SD (in brackets))

From: Implicit affectivity in clinically depressed patients during acute illness and recovery

Variable

Depressed patients

p

Baseline

Posttreatment

 

BDI-II

31.26 (9.69)

18.41 (12.26)

< .001*

PANAS-PA trait

21.79 (6.87)

28.56 (8.15)

< .001*

PANAS-PA state

20.95 (6.82)

27.92 (9.66)

< .001*

PANAS-NA trait

27.15 (7.16)

21.93 (6.89)

< .001*

PANAS-NA state

21.79 (7.96)

18.56 (7.32)

n.s.

IPANAT-PA

2.04 (0.42)

2.36 (0.50)

< .001*

IPANAT-NA

1.90 (0.38)

1.78 (0.36)

n.s.

  1. * significant at a threshold corrected for multiple comparisons of p < 0.0071 (two-tailed)
  2. BDI-II Beck Depression Inventory II; PANAS-PA Positive Affect Scale of the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule, trait and state version; PANAS-NA Negative Affect Scale of the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule, trait and state versions; IPANAT-PA Implicit Positive and Negative Affect Test, positive affect; IPANAT-NA Implicit Positive and Negative Affect Test, negative affect