Table 2 Description of the Included Studies on the Ovisankina Effect and Averaged Effect Sizes Across Conditions.
From: Interruption, recall and resumption: a meta-analysis of the Zeigarnik and Ovsiankina effects
Author Year | Sample | Sample Description | Nr. Tasks | Task | Resumption Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Birk et al., 2020 | 875 | Online-Sample | 1 | Bejeweld Online Game | 73.85% |
Liberman et al., 1999 | 351 | Students | 3 | Describing three figures | 63.47% |
Reeve et al., 1986 | 181 | Students | 5 | Puzzles | 62.97% |
McGraw and Fiala, 1982 | 40 | Students | 1 | Jiggsaw Puzzle | 72.70% |
Malerstein, 1969 | 50 | Staff members, hospitalized alcoholics, Korsakoff patients | 1 | Puzzle | 56.94% |
Bechtel and Sroka, 1966 | 178 | Students | 1 | Stringing 25 beads | 49.91% |
Sternlicht and Wanderer, 1966 | 90 | Students | 6 | Heterogenous Tasks | 60.33% |
Weiner, 1965 | 25 | Students | 10 | Tracing geometrical forms | 48.00% |
Gordon and Thurlow, 1958 | 32 | Children | 6 | Heterogenous Tasks | 75.00% |
Rösler, 1955 | 224 | Healthy children, children with mental disability | 16–22 | Heterogenous Tasks | 35.54% |
Henle and Aull, 1953 | 20 | Students | 1 | Puzzle | 100.00% |
Henle, 1944 | 38 | NA | 1 | Heterogenous Tasks | 61.00% |
Chorus, 1942 | 9 | Helthy children, children with hyperactivity disorder | 1 | Tracing a figure | 44.44% |
Henle, 1942 | 241 | Students | 1 | Heterogenous Tasks | 67.06% |
Nowlis, 1941 | 180 | Students | 1 | Puzzle | 70.50% |
Rethlingshafer, 1941 | 99 | Students, Children, Persons with mental disabilities | 11 | Heterogenous Tasks | 72.67% |
Adler and Kounin, 1939 | 22 | Children | 1 | Build a toy house | 91.00% |
Katz, 1938 | 177 | Children | 6 | Heterogenous Tasks | 88.67% |
Rickers-Ovsiankina, 1937 | 169 | Adults, Persons with schizophrenia | 5 | Heterogenous Tasks | 61.42% |
Mahler, 1933 | 155 | Children, Adults | 1–12 | Heterogenous Tasks | 77.59% |
Ovsiankina, 1928 | 28 | Students, Children, Adults | 8–12 | Heterogenous Tasks | 91.00% |
