Table 2.
Results of emotional reactivity during the active emotion regulation phase
| ANOVA (within-subject factor: condition; covariate: reappraisal score of ERQ) |
Look negative M (SD) |
Look neutral M (SD) |
Planned comparison t-test look negative vs. look neutral |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main effect of condition | Interaction condition * reappraisal score (ERQ) |
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| Rating | F(1, 54) = 291.11, p < 0.001, ηp2 = 0.84 | F(1, 54) = 0.07, p = 0.787, ηp2 = 0.001 | 4.74 (1.58) | 1.16 (0.34) | t = 17.21, p < 0.001, d = 2.30 |
|
P3 (300 – 500 ms) |
F(1, 54) = 114.93, p < 0.001, ηp2 = 0.68 | F(1, 54) = 8.64, p = 0.005, ηp2 = 0.14 | 7.31 (3.46) | 4.79 (3.35) | t = 10.05, p < 0.001, d = 1.34 |
|
early LPP (500–800 ms) |
F(1, 54) = 28.97, p < 0.001, ηp2 = 0.35 | F(1, 54) = 4.25, p = 0.044, ηp2 = 0.07 | 4.87 (2.95) | 3.17 (2.70) | t = 5.23, p < 0.001, d = 0.70 |
|
mid LPP (800–1400 ms) |
F(1, 54) = 19.26, p < 0.001, ηp2 = 0.26 | F(1, 54) = 0.81, p = 0.374, ηp2 = 0.02 | 1.90 (2.72) | 0.56 (2.54) | t = 4.40, p < 0.001, d = 0.59 |
|
late LPP (1400–3000 ms) |
F(1, 54) = 8.17, p = 0.006, ηp2 = 0.13 | F(1, 54) = 1.53, p = 0.222, ηp2 = 0.03 | 1.38 (3.74) | 0.44 (3.18) | t = 2.85, p = 0.006, d = 0.38 |
| 3000–6000 ms |
F(1, 54) = 6.48, p = 0.014, η p 2 = 0.11 |
F(1, 54) = 2.04, p = 0.159, η p 2 = 0.04 |
1.97 (6.33) | 1.08 (5.18) | t = 2.52, p = 0.015, d = 0.34 |
Planned post-hoc t-tests were only conducted, when indicated by a significant/trend level main effect in the ANOVA. ERQ = Emotion regulation questionnaire (Gross & John, 2003)