Table 3 Comparisons of negative, neutral, and positive adjectives by one-way-analyses of variances

Emotional Stroop task

df (2,57)

 Valence, M (SD)

2.16^a (.47)

4.89^b (.15)

7.98^c (.62)

819.04***

 Arousal, M (SD)

5.58^a (.68)

3.12^b (.93)

5.33^a (.79)

56.43***

 Word length, M (SD)

8.70 (3.03)

9.10 (2.05)

9.30 (3.03)

.25

 Word frequency (per million), M (SD)

2.60 (3.62)

5.28 (7.73)

5.26 (4.96)

.24

Dot-probe task

df (2,77)

 Valence, M (SD)

2.16^a (.47)

4.92^b (.28)

7.98^c (.62)

902.83***

 Arousal, M (SD)

5.58^a (.68)

3.14^b (.81)

5.33^a (.79)

89.90***

 Word length, M (SD)

8.70 (3.03)

9.00 (2.41)

9.30 (3.03)

.24

 Word frequency (per million), M (SD)

2.60 (3.62)

6.63 (9.32)

5.26 (4.96)

2.02