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. 2015 Feb 26;6:201. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00201

Table 3.

Reported expression of pleasure by emotion condition, Study 1.

Emotion narratives
Joy Pride Gloating Schadenfreude
M (SE) M (SE) M (SE) M (SE)
Smiled 8.19 (0.263) 7.84 (0.259) 7.69 (0.268) 6.87 (0.246)
   F(3,105) = 4.90, p = 0.003, ηp2 = 0.120
Kept pleasure to myself 2.87 (0.335) 3.64 (0.329) 3.73 (0.342) 4.02 (0.329)
   F(3,105) = 2.16, p = 0.097, ηp2 = 0.058
Celebrated 7.32 (0.361) 6.66 (0.355) 6.54 (0.368) 4.89 (0.337)
   F(3,105) = 8.96, p < 0.001, ηp2 = 0.199
Expressed my glee 6.69 (0.319) 5.73 (0.313) 5.87 (0.325) 4.61 (0.298)
   F(3,105) = 7.72, p < 0.001, ηp2 = 0.177
Flaunted my pleasure 6.07 (0.346) 4.82 (0.340) 5.19 (0.352) 4.16 (0.323)
   F(3,105) = 5.65, p < 0.001, ηp2 = 0.136
Boasted 5.65 (0.377) 4.41 (0.370) 5.37 (0.384) 4.50 (0.352)
   F(3,108) = 2.78, p = 0.044, ηp2 = 0.072

Means found to most differ from others in the same row are shown in bold.