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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Educ Psychol. 2011 Aug;103(3):562–577. doi: 10.1037/a0023458

Table 1.

Means, Standard Deviations, and Within-Subjects t-test results for the pre-and post-PANAS-X Scores

Emotion Pretest Mean (SD) Posttest Mean (SD) t df D
Happy Condition (n = 34)
Negative Affect 1.39(.44) 1.06(.13) 4.68*** 33 1.02
Positive Affect 2.93(.73) 3.25(.74) 2.35* 33 .44

Sad Condition (n = 34)
Negative Affect 1.51(.53) 1.74(.63) 2.86** 33 .40
Positive Affect 2.70(.60) 1.98(.52) 8.28*** 33 1.28

Neutral Condition (n = 33)
Negative Affect 1.56(.50) 1.18(.28) 5.39*** 32 .94
Positive Affect 2.97(.70) 2.80(.82) 1.85a 32 .22
***

p < .001.

**

p < .01.

*

p < .05.

a

p < .10.