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Table 8 Results of multiple comparison tests between before and after thinning (setting) and pre–post (exposure to the forest) for Profile of Mood States (mood)

From: The effect of slight thinning of managed coniferous forest on landscape appreciation and psychological restoration

	Unthinned						Thinned
	Pre		Post		p		Pre		Post		p
	Mean	S.D.	Mean	S.D.			Mean	S.D.	Mean	S.D.
Tension-Anxiety	4.20	±3.34	2.20	±2.91	0.006	**	3.07	±2.59	1.33	±1.45	0.017	*
Depression-Dejection	1.47	±1.85	0.20	±0.56	0.002	**	1.33	±2.09	0.53	±0.62	0.043	*
Anger-Hostility	0.40	±0.74	0.20	±0.77	0.383		0.80	±1.22	0.27	±0.57	0.023	*
Vigor	5.07	±3.31	3.87	±3.54	0.160		4.07	±3.30	3.00	±2.63	0.211
Fatigue	2.73	±2.22	0.93	±1.16	0.002	**	2.87	±2.87	1.80	±1.76	0.061	^#
Confusion	5.80	±2.24	4.07	±1.22	0.005	**	3.40	±5.65	2.00	±1.83	0.021	*
	Pre						Post
	Unthinned		Thinned		p		Unthinned		Thinned		p
	Mean	S.D.	Mean	S.D.			Mean	S.D.	Mean	S.D.
Tension-Anxiety	4.20	±3.34	3.07	±2.59	0.043	*	2.20	±2.91	1.33	±1.45	0.116
Depression-Dejection	1.47	±1.85	1.33	±2.09	0.561		0.20	±0.56	0.53	±0.62	0.152
Anger-Hostility	0.40	±0.74	0.80	±1.22	0.021	*	0.20	±0.77	0.27	±0.57	0.687
Vigor	5.07	±3.31	4.07	±3.30	0.153		3.87	±3.54	3.00	±2.63	0.214
Fatigue	2.73	±2.22	2.87	±2.87	0.698		0.93	±1.16	1.80	±1.76	0.017	*
Confusion	5.80	±2.24	3.40	±5.65	0.000	**	4.07	±1.22	2.00	±1.83	0.000	**

**p < 0.01, *p < 0.05, ^# p < 0.1 ANOVA-Bonferroni

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