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. 2022 Jun 2;13:879063. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.879063

TABLE 1.

Five experimental conditions used in Study 1.

Condition Manipulation method
No anger expression condition Neutral Participants get a text message from their partner that he/she cannot accept their offer.
Anger expression condition Text Participants get a text message from their partner that he/she cannot accept their offer and he/she feels angry about the offer.
Emoticon Participants get a text message from their partner that he/she cannot accept their offer, along with angry-face emoticon.
Voice Participants listen to a recorded message from their partner that he/she cannot accept their offer and he/she feels angry about the offer.
Video Participants watch a recorded video in which their partner says he/she cannot accept their offer and he/she feels angry about the offer.