Table 1.
Means and standard deviations for pre-experimental general mood states (PANAS: positive and negative scales), and current mood states (only hedonic valence score) before (MI1) and after (MI2) mood induction in the two experimental groups, and four subgroups, as a function of low vs. (relatively) high pre-experimental eye blink rate (EBR).
| State mood index | Mood induction groups | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Negative | ||||||
| Total (n = 43) | Low EBR (n = 21) | High EBR (n = 22) | Total (n = 38) | Low EBR (n = 19) | High EBR (n = 19) | ||
| PANAS–PA | M | 34.1 | 33.1 | 35.1 | 34.1 | 33.2 | 35.1 |
| S.D. | 4.5 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 6.1 | |
| PANAS-NA | M | 16.1 | 16.2 | 16.4 | 16.2 | 16.4 | 16.1 |
| S.D. | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 6.1 | 7 | 5.4 | |
| MI1 | M | 18.1 | 17.5 | 18.6 | 19.9 | 18.4 | 20.8 |
| S.D. | 3.1 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 3.2 | |
| MI2 | M | 20.9 | 20.4 | 21.6 | 13.4 | 13.0 | 13.7 |
| S.D. | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 5.2 | |
Note: PANAS-PA, PANAS positive affect subscale; PANAS-NA, PANAS negative affect subscale.