Table 2.

Change in participants’ mood state

	Personal	Non-personal
	M (DT)	M (DT)	t	df	F
Pleasantness
Pre-induction	6.37 (2.19)	6.00 (1.95)	0.56	37	0.09
Post-induction	1.89 (1.37)	1.80 (1.19)	0.33	38	0.71
Post-cuing	8.26 (0.93)	7.60 (1.47)	1.67	38	3.53
Arousal
Pre-induction	5.84 (2.06)	3.95 (1.75)	3.14**	38	0.29
Post-induction	7.68 (1.49)	8.00 (1.18)	− 0.75	38	2.27
Post-cuing	4.63 (2.24)	4.29 (1.88)	0.53	38	0.64
Dominance
Pre-induction	6.21 (1.96)	6.43 (1.99)	− 0.35	38	0.22
Post-induction	3.37 (2.09)	3.38 (2.20)	− 0.02	38	0.59
Post-cuing	6.53 (1.47)	7.00 (1.48)	− 1.01	38	0.04

Table showing the scores on SAM [21] for both groups in the three measurement points

**p < .01