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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Res Pers. 2008 Aug 1;42(4):1031–1046. doi: 10.1016/j.jrp.2008.02.005

Table 2.

Post-task ratings of felt affect during the task

M SE
Cues1
 Aversive −2.67 .29
 Threat −1.16 .22
 Safety 1.67 .21
Pictures: Positive ratings
 Certain Aversive 2.36 .44
 Uncertain Aversive 3.42 .42
 Certain Neutral 5.14 .33
 Uncertain Neutral 4.98 .29
Pictures: Negative ratings
 Certain Aversive 7.12 .38
 Uncertain Aversive 7.18 .29
 Certain Neutral 2.48 .32
 Uncertain Neutral 3.02 .29
1

Cues were rated on a scale from −5 (high unpleasant) to +5 (highly pleasant), whereas pictures were rated on separate positive and negative affect scales from 1 (not unpleasant/pleasant) to 10 (highly unpleasant/pleasant).