Appendix 3.
Correlation of demographic parameters with pleasure, arousal, and dominance
| Pleasure | Arousal | Dominance | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographics | Original | p | Reworded | p | Original | p | Reworded | p | Original | p | Reworded | p |
| Age (years) | 0.02 | 0.14 | −0.02 | 0.83 | −0.12 | 0.23 | −0.00 | 0.98 | −0.06 | 0.57 | 0.13 | 0.21 |
| Education | 0.23 | 0.02* | 0.01 | 0.95 | −0.02 | 0.86 | 0.04 | 0.68 | −0.20 | 0.046* | −.16 | 0.11 |
| Sex | ||||||||||||
| Males | 5.3 | 0.91 | 3.9 | 0.22 | 6.5 | 0.041* | 7.3 | 0.33 | 4.1 | 0.07 | 6.1 | 0.28 |
| Females | 5.2 | 4.4 | 5.5 | 6.9 | 4.9 | 5.6 | ||||||
| Ethnicity | ||||||||||||
| Hispanic or Latino | 4.0 | 0.13 | 3.9 | 0.67 | 5.9 | 0.98 | 6.9 | 0.74 | 3.9 | 0.53 | 4.6 | 0.11 |
| Not Hispanic or Latino | 5.4 | 4.2 | 5.9 | 7.1 | 4.5 | 5.9 | ||||||
| Race | ||||||||||||
| White | 5.4 | 0.21 | 4.3 | 0.41 | 6.0 | 0.51 | 7.2 | 0.53 | 4.2 | 0.08 | 5.9 | 0.75 |
| Black or African American | 6.0 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 7.7 | 2.3 | 5.0 | ||||||
| Asian | 4.2 | 3.8 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 5.8 | ||||||
| American Indian/Alaskan | 5.0 | 7.0 | 3.0 | 8.0 | 5.0 | 7.0 | ||||||
| More than one race | 5.7 | 3.0 | 5.3 | 7.7 | 6.0 | 5.0 | ||||||
| Other or unknown | 3.2 | 3.2 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 4.8 | ||||||
| Work status | ||||||||||||
| Working full-time | 5.2 | 0.49 | 4.0 | 0.73 | 6.1 | 0.96 | 7.2 | 0.78 | 4.4 | 0.24 | 5.9 | 0.70 |
| Working part-time | 6.4 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 6.4 | 2.9 | 5.0 | ||||||
| Homemaker | 4.6 | 3.8 | 5.8 | 7.0 | 4.2 | 5.8 | ||||||
| Retired | 5.2 | 4.6 | 5.8 | 6.9 | 5.0 | 6.1 | ||||||
| Unemployed, able to work | 5.2 | 4.6 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 4.6 | 5.0 | ||||||
| Unemployed, unable to work | 5.3 | 4.2 | 5.9 | 7.4 | 4.1 | 6.1 | ||||||
| Workers’ compensation | 5.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | ||||||
| Currently on sick leave | 1.0 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | ||||||
* p < 0.05 (statistically significant).