Table 2. Mean Intensity Ratings of the 6 Sentences per Emotion.
| Joy Induction | M |
|---|---|
| 1. It’s your birthday and all your friends have come with a lot of amazing presents. | 3.74 |
| 2. Mom decided to surprise you by picking you up at school before lunch time. Today, you don’t eat at school, and you go to the cinema to watch your favorite cartoon. | 3.66 |
| 3. You dreamt that you were playing at bouncing on a giant trampoline. When you woke up, your dad offered to go and buy a trampoline to play with in your garden. | 3.48 |
| 4. You are on holiday. You go with your mom and dad to the sea. You took your swimsuit to go in the sea and you have your bucket and spade to build sand castles. | 3.37 |
| 5. It is Saturday, you are not at school. The sun is shining and it is warm outside. | 3.23 |
| 6. You give the correct answer to a question from your teacher. She congratulates you in front of all your classmates. | 2.60 |
| Anger Induction | |
| 1. A pupil stole something from the teacher’s bag. He said it was you. | 3.14 |
| 2. You helped a friend to do his homework. The teacher congratulated your friend in front of all your classmates but punished you for having let him copy from you. | 2.58 |
| 3. Your brother stole some candies from a jar. He did not admit it was him. Your parents punished you both. | 2.22 |
| 4. You hurt yourself badly by falling down. You shout loud to call for help. The activity leader arrives and tells you off because you’re making too much noise. | 1.68 |
| 5. Your best friend comes to your house to play with you. Your brother shows your friend an amazing present he had for Christmas. They play together and you stay alone. | 1.56 |
| 6. Your teacher told you off in front of all your classmates for talking with your neighbor. The truth is that it was your neighbor who talked to you and you did not say a word. | 1.52 |
| Fear Induction | |
| 1. You come home with your friend and it is dark. Suddenly, you cannot see your friend anymore and you feel a hand that grabs you. | 2.69 |
| 2. You are climbing a tree to catch an apple. At the top of the tree, you look down and notice how high it is and you cannot get down. | 2.49 |
| 3. You have a nightmare. A hideous monster is running after you in the forest. You are running fast and you are shouting during your sleep, but you are alone. | 2.30 |
| 4. It is night. You suddenly hear a weird noise in the house like "creak, creak, creak". | 2.25 |
| 5. You are at the swimming pool. You get undressed in the changing room and when you want to open the door, you find it’s stuck. | 2.24 |
| 6. You are riding your bicycle in the neighborhood. You are going down a steep hill when you suddenly notice the brakes don’t work. | 2.22 |
| Sadness Induction | |
| 1. Your best friend moves to another city. You will not see him again. | 2.98 |
| 2. Your father is really disappointed by your behavior. He says he will not trust you again. | 2.20 |
| 3. Nobody wished you a happy birthday. | 2.15 |
| 4. Even though you’d been on your best behavior, you did not receive any presents for Christmas. | 1.99 |
| 5. The cake you’d been baking all day for your mom’s birthday just burnt. You have nothing to offer her. | 1.99 |
| 6. Hugo, who you really like, said horrible things about you and that he did not want to play with you anymore. | 1.85 |
Note. J = Joy; A = Anger; S = Sadness; F = Fear; kept for the following steps based on a four-point scale (1: A Very Little to 4: A Lot).