Table 1 Study 1 descriptive statistics for primary study variables

From: High-quality listening behaviors linked to social connection between strangers

Variable

M (SD)

N

Scale

1. Avg gap length—participant

1.01 (0.79)

286

Seconds

2. Avg gap length—partner

0.86 (0.65)

286

Seconds

3. Participant-reported PosRes

7.87 (1.53)

300

0–10

4. Partner-reported PosRes

7.91 (1.67)

281

0–10

Behavioral codes per 30 s bin

5. BIPR

0.39 (0.32)

286

0–2

6. Verbal validation

0.72 (0.59)

286

Avg frequency

7. Follow-up questions

0.19 (0.28)

286

Avg frequency

  1. M and SD are used to represent mean and standard deviation, respectively.
  2. We report per-bin averages (by dividing by 10) to allow for comparison to Study 2 descriptives. Avg frequency refers to the average count frequency across coders per bin.
  3. PosRes positivity resonance, BIPR behavioral indicators of positivity resonance.