Self-Ratings of Mental State
While frequency distributions clearly differentiated the two groups on ecological and time allocation variables, the psychological reactions to similar situations, such as being alone or being at home, did not differentiate the groups significantly. A difference was found for the entire group, however, on thought congruence, a self-rating of thoughts, as focused on the activity that one is involved in. This measure differentiated both groups from other ES samples of mental disorders. For example, in contrast with schizophrenics, who are markedly more incon-gruent when they are alone (17), both anxiety groups were less congruent when they were away from home. The anxiety group then, interestingly, reports more disorganization when they are with people, whereas the schizophrenics report more unfocused thought when they are alone than when they are with company, In summary, for self-ratings of mental state, daily mean measures of affect, motivation, and reactions to situations did not differentiate the medium and high groups.