The Relationship between Negative Affect and Reported Cognitive Failures

Table 5

Correlations between affect and cognitive failures.

	Total CFQ	Memory	Distractibility	Blunders	Names
Positive affect	−.12	−.09	−.21*	−.08	.06
Negative affect	.𝟒𝟗^∗∗	.42**	.41**	.50**	.19*
(1) Fear	.𝟒𝟏^∗∗	.38**	.36**	.39**	.15
(2) Hostility	.𝟑𝟖^∗∗	.31**	.27**	.42**	.17
(3) Guilt	.𝟒𝟑^∗∗	.33**	.36**	.46**	.17
(4) Sadness	.𝟐𝟖^∗∗	.26**	.27**	.24**	.07
(5) Joviality	−.15	−.11	−.17	−.16	.00
(6) Self-assurance	−.09	−.08	−.16	−.05	.10
(7) Attentiveness	−.15	−.14	−.22*	−.12	.06
(8) Shyness	.𝟑𝟔^∗∗	.34**	.34**	.30**	.14
(9) Fatigue	.𝟑𝟕^∗∗	.28**	.35**	.35**	.15
(10) Serenity	−.𝟐𝟕^∗∗	−.26**	−.28**	−.25**	.04
(11) Surprise	.10	.15	−.02	.094	.18*

(*𝑃<.05; **𝑃<.01).