Table 2 Summary of the main results from three-sub studies.

From: Cooperation or fall behind? The influence of goal structure on two-person decision making under uncertainty and risky contexts

Performance scores

Mean

SE

T value

P value

Study 1

 Common goal

49.64

1.78

  

 No-common goal

44.81

2.16

  

 Paired-sample t-test analysis

  

−2.69

0.010*

Relatively inferior

 Common goal

46.33

2.27

  

 No-common goal

36.00

2.16

  

 Paired-sample t-test analysis

  

−3.62

0.002**

Relatively superior

 Common goal

53.62

2.60

  

 No-common goal

52.95

2.59

  

 Paired-sample t-test analysis

  

0.47

0.646

Effects

 

F value

P value

Effect size

Study 2

 Goal structure

 

1.20

0.279

0.026

 Decision-making stage

 

6.12

0.017*

0.120

 Decision-making stage × Goal structure

 

1.87

0.002**

0.195

Study 3

 Goal structure

 

0.87

0.356

0.014

 Social value orientation

 

0.79

0.378

0.013

 Social value orientation × Goal structure

 

5.42

0.023*

0.084

  1. *p < 0.050, **p < 0.010.