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. | |