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. 2012 May 11;7(3):293–296. doi: 10.1007/s11552-012-9419-z

Table 3.

Comparison of “tight,” “locked,” “stiff,” and “frozen” on the three dimensions: pleasure, arousal, and dominance

Tight Locked Stiff Frozen
Pleasure 5.61(1.65)###+*** 7.51(1.38)###$$$ 6.18(1.96)+$$$^^ 7.34(1.36)***^^
Arousal 5.52(2.13)##** 4.54(1.78)##$$$ 5.81(2.07)$$$^^ 4.33(2.02)**^^
Dominance 5.72(2.15)###*** 3.82(2.08)###$$ 5.50(2.35)$$^^^ 3.31(2.14)***^^^

Data shown as mean (standard deviation). Degrees of significance difference based on t-test analyses are depicted as follows: *p < .05, **p < .01, and ***p < .001. Each pair of words has been assigned a symbol as follows: #tight–locked pair, +tight–stiff pair, *tight–frozen pair, $locked–stiff pair, %locked–frozen pair, and ^stiff–frozen pair