Table 1.
Participant characteristics
|
Study
condition M (SD) or n (%) |
F-test or χ2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neutral | Anger | Fear | Overall | ||
| Age | 37.67 (12.06) |
38.99 (13.05) |
38.32 (12.08) |
38.31 (12.37) |
1.79 |
| Sex (female) | 355 (52.8) |
333 (52.8) |
332 (52.2) |
1,020 (52.6) |
0.054 |
| Race | |||||
| White | 511 (75.5) |
486 (76.8) |
493 (77.2) |
1490 (76.5) |
0.63 |
| Asian | 74 (10.9) |
78 (12.3) |
65 (10.2) |
217 (11.1) |
1.51 |
| Hispanic | 50 (7.5) |
51 (8.2) |
55 (8.8) |
156 (8.2) |
0.69 |
| Black | 51 (7.5) |
47 (7.4) |
54 (8.5) |
152 (7.8) |
0.58 |
| Other race | 39 (5.8) |
30 (4.7) |
37 (5.8) |
106 (5.4) |
0.90 |
| Education (7-pt scale) | 5.09 (1.57) |
5.08 (1.61) |
5.04 (1.57) |
5.07 (1.58) |
0.19 |
| Health status (5-pt scale) | 3.34 (1.00) |
3.34 (0.98) |
3.28 (0.99) |
3.32 (0.99) |
0.78 |
| Manipulation check | |||||
| Current anger (5-pt scale) | 1.48 (0.90) |
2.79 (1.26) |
2.03 (1.21) |
2.10 (1.25) |
113.17*** |
| Current fear (5-pt scale) | 1.63 (0.96) |
2.13 (1.14) |
2.56 (1.26) |
2.09 (1.19) |
57.15*** |
*
p < .05;
**
p < .01;
***
p < .001
ANOVA and chi-square models tested whether participant characteristics and current emotions were significantly different across emotion conditions (anger, fear, neutral).