Table 2 Descriptive statistics: mean and standard deviations of the personality scores per altered Big Five trait, depending on treatment condition and induced emotion
Treatment condition | Induced emotion | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Trait | Sadness (n = 53) | Happiness (n= 45) | |||
Neuroticism | Neutral (SD) | 31.51 | (11.70) | 32.51 | (12.91) |
Emotion (SD) | 35.29 | (10.63) | 31.98 | (13.57) | |
Difference (SD) | 3.78 | (6.67) | -0.53 | (6.52) | |
Extraversion | Neutral (SD) | 45.77 | (9.97) | 44.53 | (9.61) |
Emotion (SD) | 44.41 | (10.44) | 45.93 | (9.06) | |
Difference (SD) | -1.36 | (4.59) | 1.40 | (6.37) | |
Openness | Neutral (SD) | 49.79 | (7.11) | 52.24 | (8.82) |
Emotion (SD) | 49.28 | (8.09) | 51.96 | (9.54) | |
Difference (SD) | -0.50 | (5.27) | -0.29 | (5.2) | |
Agreeableness | Neutral (SD) | 48.98 | (6.85) | 48.04 | (10.02) |
Emotion (SD) | 47.81 | (7.86) | 48.42 | (8.26) | |
Difference (SD) | -1.17 | (4.24) | 0.38 | (4.87) | |
Conscientiousness | Neutral (SD) | 45.28 | (11.13) | 47.11 | (9.90) |
Emotion (SD) | 46.02 | (9.28) | 47.17 | (8.91) | |
Difference (SD) | 0.74 | (5.15) | 0.05 | (4.44) | |