Table 5.
Mean ratings and standard errors for rehearsal and emotion variables for the election.
| Emotion | Rehearsal Variables | Emotion Variables | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Media | Talk | Think | Personal Importance | Surprise | Arousal | Valence | ||||||||
| M | SE | M | SE | M | SE | M | SE | M | SE | M | SE | M | SE | |
| Positive | ||||||||||||||
| Younger (n = 74) | 5.24 | .18 | 5.26 | .18 | 5.38 | .17 | 5.82 | .14 | 3.47 | .20 | 4.43 | .17 | 6.53 | .08 |
| Middle (n = 29) | 5.48 | .25 | 5.69 | .22 | 5.66 | .27 | 6.31 | .15 | 3.10 | .27 | 4.93 | .28 | 6.62 | .12 |
| Older (n = 45) | 6.26 | .14 | 5.68 | .16 | 6.10 | .15 | 6.22 | .15 | 3.44 | .25 | 4.85 | .20 | 6.74 | .07 |
| Negative | ||||||||||||||
| Younger (n = 26) | 3.85 | .34 | 4.69 | .32 | 5.00 | .29 | 4.85 | .30 | 2.23 | .19 | 3.96 | .30 | 1.81 | .16 |
| Middle (n = 19) | 4.84 | .37 | 5.47 | .33 | 5.79 | .28 | 5.95 | .28 | 2.79 | .42 | 4.84 | .19 | 1.63 | .17 |
| Older (n = 14) | 5.21 | .54 | 5.14 | .49 | 5.46 | .35 | 6.00 | .39 | 2.85 | .50 | 4.85 | .37 | 1.71 | .24 |
| Neutral | ||||||||||||||
| Younger (n = 10) | 4.70 | .37 | 4.30 | .42 | 4.70 | .30 | 4.60 | .22 | 2.10 | .35 | 2.70 | .42 | 4 | 0 |
| Middle (n = 7) | 3.57 | .65 | 4.29 | .57 | 3.86 | .59 | 4.14 | .59 | 3.29 | .81 | 2.86 | .55 | 4 | 0 |
| Older (n = 8) | 4.63 | .60 | 5.00 | .60 | 5.38 | .46 | 4.63 | .63 | 1.63 | .26 | 2.13 | .30 | 4 | 0 |