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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Feb 10.
Published in final edited form as: J Exp Psychol Appl. 2010 Mar;16(1):87–95. doi: 10.1037/a0018500

Table 4.

Decision-related emotion ratings by instructional condition and age group.

Condition

Control Emotion-focus Information-focus
Positive Emotions
  Young 4.3 (1.5) 4.4 (1.2) 3.9 (1.4)
  Old 4.1 (1.5) 4.9 (1.0) 3.6 (1.9)
  Mean 4.2 (1.5) 4.6 (1.1) 3.8 (1.7)
Negative Emotions
  Young 4.6 (1.7) 4.2 (1.5) 4.1 (1.6)
  Old 4.0 (1.8) 3.4 (1.5) 3.8 (1.6)
  Mean 4.3 (1.7) 3.8 (1.5) 3.9 (1.6)

Note: Standard deviations are shown in parentheses.