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. 2019 Oct 14;9(10):109. doi: 10.3390/bs9100109

Table 3.

Emotional words used to create brief statements used in Test A (Providing) and Test B (Receiving). All target words using in Test A were presented prefixed with the word “being” (e.g., “being helpful”, “being friendly”), whereas those used for Test B were pre-fixed with the word “feeling” (e.g., “feeling relieved”, “feeling neglected”).

Providing Service Targets “Being” Receiving Service Targets “Feeling”
Positive Negative Positive Negative
Helpful Impolite Relieved Neglected
Friendly Difficult Special Insecure
Sensitive Confusing Understood Misconstrued
Excellent Lazy Encouraged Ignored
Understanding Thoughtless Unique Angry
Supportive Rude Respected Insulted
Considerate Cold Wowed Underwhelmed
Meaningful Useless Protected Frustrated