Table 3.

Post-hoc analyses using the Bonferroni correction displaying mean differences between emotional ratings for each image category.

	Within Group Comparisons
Emotion Rating	Image Pairs	Mean Difference	SE	t
Fear	Covid – Negative	9.50	2.16	4.40*
	Covid – Neutral	34.50	2.16	16.00*
	Negative – Neutral	25.00	2.16	11.60*
Disgust	Covid – Negative	- 26.07	1.97	- 13.27*
	Covid – Neutral	14.59	1.97	7.43*
	Negative – Neutral	40.66	1.97	20.69*
Sadness	Covid – Negative	20.32	1.95	10.40*
	Covid – Neutral	57.39	1.95	29.36*
	Negative – Neutral	37.07	1.95	18.96*
Anger	Covid – Negative	- 9.17	2.01	- 4.55*
	Covid – Neutral	22.25	2.01	11.05*
	Negative – Neutral	31.42	2.01	15.60*

Note: t-statistics marked with * denote a significance level of pBonferroni=<0.001.