Between groups, the intervention showed a moderate inhibitory-control advantage at 4 weeks (p = .052) and a large advantage at 4 months (η2 = .135), with a significant main effect of time for both groups¶
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q2 i2 In mixed ANOVA, the intervention group's inhibitory improvement exceeded the control group's, moderately at 4 weeks and with a large effect at 4 months, though the group × time interaction was not significant. → Kelly Quinn 2018
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Kelly Quinn 2018¶
Kelly Quinn. (2018). Cognitive Effects of Social Media Use: A Case of Older Adults. Social Media + Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305118787203
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Mixed ANOVA comparing intervention and control groups across three assessment periods; reciprocal values were used for inhibitory scores because they violated homogeneity of variance. The article reports "η2 = .135" at 4 months and a significant main effect of time (η2 = .351 at 4 weeks; η2 = .525 at 4 months) for both groups.
"These differences were moderate at the 4-week assessment point (F1,32 = .4.071, p = .052, η2 = .113), but had a large effect at the 4-month assessment (F2,31 = 5.011, p = .032, η2 = .135)."
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Related Claims¶
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Between groups, the intervention showed a moderate inhibitory-control advantage at 4 weeks (p = .052) and a large advantage at 4 months (η2 = .135), with a significant main effect of time for both groups |
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Between groups, the intervention showed a moderate inhibitory-control advantage at 4 weeks (p = .052) and a large advantage at 4 months (η2 = .135), with a significant main effect of time for both groups |
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