Table 3.
Study 1: Differences Between Conditions on Experienced Emotions
| Experienced Emotional Response Means (SDs) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Happiness | Anger | Sadness | Fear | N | |
| No correction: control | 4.07 (1.05) | 2.37 (1.52) | 2.56 (1.52) | 2.52 (1.50) | 57 |
| Simple correction ending: no emotion | 3.71 (1.06) | 2.76 (1.21) | 2.74 (1.29) | 2.88 (1.17) | 50 |
| Anger ending | 3.44 (1.18) | 3.32 (1.18) | 3.15 (1.02) | 3.29 (1.09) | 52 |
| Happy ending | 3.84 (.98) | 2.29 (1.27) | 2.58 (1.16) | 2.64 (1.27) | 52 |
| Sad ending | 3.44 (1.12) | 3.00 (1.25) | 3.40 (1.16) | 3.27 (1.20) | 48 |
| Fear ending | 3.54 (1.03) | 3.13 (1.18) | 3.00 (1.05) | 3.17 (1.08) | 48 |
| F | 2.88 | 5.57 | 3.87 | 3.77 | … |
| Significance, p | .01 | <.01 | <.01 | <.01 | … |
| η2 95% confidence interval | .00–.08 | .02–.14 | .01–.10 | .01–.10 | |
| Condition differences, Bonferroni | No correction > Anger ending, p = .04 | Anger ending > No correction, p < .01 | Sad ending > No correction, p = .01 | Anger ending > No correction, p = .02 | … |
| No correction > Sad ending, p = .05 | Anger ending > Happy ending, p < .01 | Sad ending > Happy ending, p = .01 | Sad ending > No correction, p = .03 | ||
| … | Sad ending > Happy end, p = .08 | … | … | ||
| Fear ending > No Correction, p = .04 | |||||
| Fear ending > Happy ending, p = .02 | |||||