| Paired Sample T-Test | ||
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| Focus on Good News | Focus on Bad News |
| N | 376 | 376 |
| Mean | 4.17 | 2.63 |
| Std. Deviation | 0.97 | 1.28 |
| R | −0.357 (0.000) | |
| T | 16.03 | |
| Df | 375 | |
| Mean | 1.54 | |
| St. Deviation | 1.86 | |
| Sig. (2-tailed) | 0.000 | |
| Measures of Association | ||
| Because of too much bad news in the media, I do not watch news frequently as before | ||
| Eta | 0.103 | 0.086 |
| Eta Squared | 0.011 | 0.007 |