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Published in final edited form as: Motiv Emot. 2000 Dec;24(4):237–258. doi: 10.1023/a:1010796329158

Table II.

Mean and Standard Deviation of Subjective and Cardiovascular Changes for the Four Film Groups in Study 2

	Film Group

Variable	Waves	Puppy	Sticks	Cry
RATE	1.70_a^*** (1.28)	1.23_a^*** (1.38)	0.11_b (0.80)	−1.07_c^*** (1.21)
HR	−0.83_a (3.11)	0.44_a (2.67)	−0.26_a (2.56)	0.89_a^** (2.25)
FPA	−0.06_a^* (0.20)	−0.02_a (0.20)	0.00_a (0.16)	−0.10_a^** (0.24)
PTF	0.0007_a (0.005)	−0.0010_a (0.005)	0.0007_a (0.003)	−0.0002_a (0.005)
PTE	0.0007_a (0.004)	0.0004_a (0.005)	0.0002_a (0.004)	−0.0004_a (0.004)
DBP	0.44_a (1.96)	0.31_a (2.15)	−0.49_a (2.21)	0.36_a (2.16)
SBP	2.09_a,b^** (4.93)	0.92_a,b (5.41)	−0.53_a (5.69)	3.93_b^** (8.63)

Note. RATE: affect rating dial, ranging from 0 to 9; HR: heart rate in beats per min; FPA: finger pulse amplitude in mv; PTF: pulse transmission time to the finger in seconds; PTE: pulse transmission time to the ear in seconds; DBP: diastolic blood pressure in mmHg; SBP: systolic blood pressure in mmHg. Means in the same row with the same subscript are not significantly different at p < .05 by Tukey pairwise comparisons. Asterisks indicate changes significantly different from resting baseline measures by within-subject t-tests (d f = 45 or 46). Values represent M (SD).

p < .05,

^**

p < .01,

^***

p < .001.