Table 2.
Variations in Affective and Physiological Measures Across Times of Assessment
| Variable | r age | Pretraining M (SD) | Presequence M (SD) | Postsequence M (SD) | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affective valence | .14 | 73.17 (17.7) | 63.23 (20.19) | 74.17 (16.7) | 30.07** |
| Affective arousal | −.06 | 38.52 (25.58) | 48.98 (26) | 44.66 (25.88) | 17.28** |
| Heart rate | .02 | 74.43 (12.19) | 74.6 (12.22) | 72.61 (11.24) | 8.39** |
| SCL | −.28** | 6.95 (4.95) | 8.53 (5.52) | 8.58 (5.76) | 34.54** |
| SCRs/minute | −.19* | 2.96 (2.33) | 3.29 (2.2) | 2.81 (2.7) | 3.85* |
Note: rage = correlations between age and pretraining scores for each of the affective and physiological measures; SCL = tonic skin conductance level; SCRs/minute = number of nonspecific skin conductance responses per minute. F-score is based on repeated-measures analyses of variance comparing affective and physiological activation across times of assessments.
*p < .05, **p < .01.