Table 2 Means and standard deviations of recovery activity choices
From: The sound of stress recovery: an exploratory study of self-selected music listening after stress
Recovery activity | m | SD | Post-hoc comparison with “Listening to self-selected music” | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
t (df) | p | |||
Listening to self-selected music | 78.46 | 23.28 | – | – |
Watching a TV series | 74.06 | 24.21 | −2.92 (468) | .488 |
Sleeping | 72.78 | 27.86 | −3.56 (469) | .054 |
Talking to a partner/significant other | 72.38 | 29.69 | −3.47 (467) | .076 |
Watching a movie | 72.00 | 24.49 | −4.67 (469) | < .001* |
Talking to friends | 70.42 | 26.93 | −5.24 (467) | < .001* |
Eating | 68.84 | 27.25 | −6.18 (469) | < .001* |
Light physical exercise | 58.89 | 29.35 | −11.67 (469) | < .001* |
Talking to family | 56.34 | 31.28 | −12.68 (469) | < .001* |
Reading a book | 53.47 | 31.62 | −15.11 (468) | < .001* |
Mindfulness | 48.83 | 32.36 | −18.30 (469) | < .001* |
Sports/heavy physical exercise | 46.18 | 33.05 | −17.10 (468) | < .001* |
Praying | 38.65 | 39.40 | −20.27 (469) | < .001* |
Listening to the radio | 36.67 | 31.22 | −25.26 (469) | < .001* |
Meditating | 36.14 | 33.55 | −24.49 (269) | < .001* |
Drinking alcoholic beverages | 31.76 | 33.33 | −25.30 (468) | < .001* |
Playing a musical instrument | 30.66 | 32.93 | −28.62 (467) | < .001* |