Table 1.

Frequency of positive and negative words used broken down by group and main character age

Group	Main Character Age	Positive		Negative
		M (%)	(SD)	M (%)	(SD)
Young
	25 years*	2.00	(0.66)	1.51	(0.69)
	75 years	1.65†	(0.64)	1.49‡	(0.77)
Old
	25 years*	2.00	(0.97)	1.32	(0.78)
	75 years**	2.31†	(1.04)	1.02‡	(0.73)

Note. Between-subject effect:

^†indicates a significant difference at p < .05;

^‡indicates a difference at p < .08.

^*p < .05

^**p < .001