Table 6.

Participant characteristics.

Group	Age [years]		Pos./neg. mood A	Alertness/fatigue A	Quietude/disquietude A	Gold-MSI	Trait EI	ES	SRS
Beauty	M	21.0	16.31	12.54	15.73	56.00	144.27	86.00	62.38
(n = 26)	SD	1.8	2.24	2.61	2.82	10.80	19.18	10.11	9.83
Pleasantness	M	20.5	16.72	13.64	15.20	53.24	146.60	86.04	60.92
(n = 25)	SD	1.4	2.28	2.87	2.75	14.58	15.14	8.52	7.76
Liking	M	21.8	17.54	12.62	15.00	53.88	146.96	84.23	61.27
(n = 26)	SD	2.8	1.68	3.29	3.03	15.25	17.51	10.33	6.26
Test statistic	H = 1.85		H = 4.30 2	H = 1.89	H = 1.02	F = 2.89	F = 0.18	F = 0.29	F = 0.23
p	0.396		0.116	0.389	0.601	0.752	0.833	0.747	2,74
df	2		2	2	2	2,74	2,74	2,74	2,74

Summary of the three groups’ mean age, mood prior to the experiment (MDBF short form A), musical sophistication, trait emotional intelligence, emotional self-efficacy and stress reactivity. M, mean; SD, standard deviation; n, number of participants; p, calculated probability; df, degrees of freedom; H, Kruskal–Wallis test statistic;F, F-test statistic; Gold-MSI, Goldsmiths Musical Sophistication Index; pos., positive; neg., negative; EI, emotional intelligence; ES, emotional self-efficacy; SRS, stress reactivity scale.