The Relationship between Negative Affect and Reported Cognitive Failures

Table 2

Descriptive statistics for total scores on PANAS-X and CFQ factors.

	Total	M	SD	Min	Max	Skew	Kurt	𝛼
PANAS-X
Positive affect	50.00	28.80	6.71	12.00	45.00	−.022	−.34	.89
Negative affect	50.00	20.78	7.09	10.00	44.00	1.15	1.07	.86
Fear	30.00	11.61	4.43	6.00	27.00	1.23	1.78	.83
Hostility	30.00	11.93	4.50	6.00	26.00	1.12	.76	.82
Guilt	30.00	11.44	4.89	6.00	28.00	1.15	.93	.85
Sadness	25.00	10.35	4.60	5.00	23.00	.92	.08	.87
Joviality	40.00	24.03	6.17	10.00	40.00	.16	−.14	.92
Self-assurance	30.00	16.05	4.89	7.00	29.00	.43	−.26	.82
Attentiveness	20.00	12.97	3.15	4.00	20.00	.00	−.36	.77
Shyness	20.00	6.95	2.67	4.00	15.00	.86	.16	.74
Fatigue	20.00	12.59	3.71	4.00	20.00	−.15	−.61	.82
Serenity	15.00	8.44	2.71	3.00	14.00	−.12	−.66	.77
Surprise	15.00	6.14	2.36	3.00	12.00	.53	.43	.69
Cognitive failures
CFQ total	100.00	42.49	12.34	13.00	78.00	.607	.283	.89
Memory	32.00	10.73	4.63	1.00	26.00	.873	1.095	.82
Distractibility	36.00	17.66	4.82	6.00	29.00	.072	−.531	.75
Blunders	28.00	11.36	3.91	3.00	24.00	.708	.534	.70
Names	8.00	4.11	2.01	0.00	8.00	.219	−.809	.36