Table 4.

Comparison of “faded,” “degenerated,” “diminished,” and “wasted”

	Faded	Degenerated	Diminished	Wasted
Pleasure	5.88 (1.53)###+++***	7.51 (1.44)###$	6.94 (1.71)+++$	7.40 (1.69)***
Arousal	5.76 (1.94)##+**	4.60 (2.18)##	5.04 (1.85)+	4.64 (1.99)**
Dominance	4.86 (1.57)##**	3.74 (2.03)##$$	4.64 (2.01)$$^^	3.92 (2.00)**^^

Data shown as mean(standard deviation). Degrees of significance difference based on t-test analyses are depicted as follows: p < .05 is X^*, p < .01 is X^**, and p < .001 is X^***. Each pair of words has been assigned a symbol as follows: ^#faded–degenerated pair, ⁺faded–diminished pair, ^*faded–wasted pair, ^$degenerated–diminished pair, ^%degenerated–wasted pair, ^{^}diminished–wasted pair