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Table 2 Independent sample t-tests comparing longtermists to non-longtermists on all outcomes

From: Intergenerational concern relates to constructive coping and emotional reactions to climate change via increased legacy concerns and environmental cognitive alternatives

Outcome

Non-longtermists

Longtermists

    

M

SD

M

SD

t

df

p

d

Legacy Concerns

4.86

1.34

5.57

1.25

6.46

769

< 0.001

0.55

ECAS

4.05

1.33

4.64

1.32

5.34

769

< 0.001

0.45

Problem-Focused Coping†

4.00

1.38

4.91

1.17

8.80

358.57

< 0.001

0.71

Avoidant Coping†

2.57

1.40

1.82

1.09

7.60

391.93

< 0.001

0.60

Meaning-Based Coping

3.94

1.18

4.28

1.15

3.53

769

< 0.001

0.30

Contempt†

3.07

1.81

2.15

1.49

6.94

370.94

< 0.001

0.55

Sorrow†

4.90

1.65

5.84

1.37

7.72

365.68

< 0.001

0.62

Anxiety†

4.21

1.69

5.20

1.48

7.66

346.66

< 0.001

0.62

Guilt

3.24

1.61

4.03

1.74

5.71

769

< 0.001

0.47

Powerlessness

3.99

1.45

4.15

1.58

1.33

769

0.185

0.11

Hope

4.43

1.43

5.00

1.30

4.81

769

< 0.001

0.42

Anger†

4.80

1.80

5.77

1.53

7.17

358.7

< 0.001

0.59

Isolation†

2.84

1.44

3.19

1.57

2.7

287.8

0.007

0.23

  1. Note. † Satterthwaite approximation was employed to account for unequal variances between groups