Examining the effect of impossible problem solving on state anger: Comparing in-person and MTurk participants
Thomas DiBlasi; Courtney Pisano; Kaleigh Keenan; Anthony Loiacono; Brittany Vincent · 2024 · International Journal of Personality Psychology
WASTE classifies this as Negative / Null Result Report · AI classification, approximate
The study found no significant effect — useful as a negative control or null benchmark for your own design.
The finding, in one line
“Using the same design, no significant effect of time on state anger was observed (p > .”
Abstract
This research comprises of two studies examining the effect of impossible problem solving on state anger. For the first study, using 155 participants on Amazon’s MTurk, a significant difference was observed on state anger from baseline to post-intervention (p = .04). Due to the well documented concerns about using MTurk participants, a second study involving 111 participants from a small liberal arts college was conducted. Using the same design, no significant effect of time on state anger was observed (p > .05). Post-hoc analyses indicated a significant difference between MTurk and in-person
Abstract by Thomas DiBlasi; Courtney Pisano; Kaleigh Keenan; Anthony Loiacono; Brittany Vincent, International Journal of Personality Psychology (2024) — licensed CC BY 4.0.
About to run something similar?
Run an AI Precheck on your own design to catch failure modes like this one before you spend the time. Your first desk check is free.
Related failures
Our Princess Is in Another Castle
Negative / Null Result ReportUsing Psychological Artificial Intelligence (Tess) to Relieve Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety: Randomized Controlled Trial
Negative / Null Result ReportHow Replicable Are Links Between Personality Traits and Consequential Life Outcomes? The Life Outcomes of Personality Replication Project
Negative / Null Result ReportThe cross-cultural validity of posttraumatic stress disorder: implications for DSM-5
Negative / Null Result ReportPsychiatric and medical correlates of DSM‐5 eating disorders in a nationally representative sample of adults in the United States
Negative / Null Result ReportRomantic relationships and the physical and mental health of college students
WASTE indexes this work — it does not host or republish it. Failure-type classification is automated and approximate.
Metadata source: DOAJ · DOI 10.21827/ijpp.10.41840