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Published in final edited form as: Motiv Emot. 2006 Mar 1;30(1):87–99. doi: 10.1007/s11031-006-9021-1

Table 1.

Differences in percentage viewing time to peripheral emotional stimuli by mood group

Valence category	Study 1			Study 2
Valence category	Positive mood M	Control M	F	Positive mood M	Control M	F
High negative	52.68 (9.28)	52.95 (7.22)	0.02	54.45 (18.28)	67.11 (9.73)	4.55^*
Medium negative	51.85 (9.52)	52.46 (7.59)	0.06	57.71 (18.74)	67.50 (9.83)	2.61
Low negative	56.47 (12.84)	61.22 (10.93)	2.12	48.65 (20.22)	55.59 (13.57)	1
Neutral	55.09 (8.71)	55.88 (9.57)	0.1	63.09 (14.52)	57.76 (16.01)	0.73
Low positive	50.72 (10.32)	54.46 (9.49)	1.92	63.93 (23.31)	62.40 (11.92)	0.04
Medium positive	54.12 (8.17)	52.72 (10.03)	0.31	65.33 (14.28)	67.27 (11.61)	0.14
High positive	55.53 (8.17)	49.57 (9.37)	6.11^*	74.38 (9.63)	55.83 (13.97)	14.35^**

Note. Standard deviations are in parentheses.

^*

Signifies groups are significantly different from each other at p<0.05.

^**

Signifies groups are significantly different from each other at p<.001.