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Table 4 Comparison by the interaction style

From: Interactive programs with preschool children bring smiles and conversation to older adults: time-sampling study

 

Interaction style

Median

Mean rank

Significance level

Visual attention occurred between the generations

Performance-based

100.0

16.68

0.025

(0~100)

Social-oriented

87.5

10.11

Smiling rate

Performance-based

45.0

10.59

0.149

(0~100)

Social-oriented

80.0

14.89

Weighted smiling rate

Performance-based

55.0

9.36

0.029

(0~300)

Social-oriented

115.8

15.86

Constructive behaviour rate

Performance-based

0.0

6.00

0.000

(0~100)

Social-oriented

90.0

18.50

Intergenerational conversation rate

Performance-based

0.0

6.50

0.000

(0~100)

Social-oriented

17.5

18.11

 
  1. Mann–Whitney U test.