Table 3.

Mean scores and internal consistency of Emotional Contagion Scale (ECS)

		Total (n = 691)		Males (n = 312)		Females (n = 379)
Scales	No. of items	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	Cronbach α
Full ECS	12	3.31	0.55	3.12	0.55	3.46**	0.50	0.74
Love	3	3.86	0.86	3.65	0.90	4.04**	0.79	0.76
Happiness	3	3.82	0.78	3.68	0.82	3.94**	0.73	0.64
Sadness	3	2.87	0.83	2.47	0.74	3.19**	0.77	0.61
Anger	3	2.68	0.79	2.69	0.79	2.67	0.79	0.53

Mean scores for the females significantly larger than the mean scores for the males by * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01