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Table 3 Means and standard deviations of explicit and implicit ratings in each group

From: Making peace with disliked others: the effects of a short loving-kindness meditation on implicit and explicit emotional evaluations

 

Explicit

Implicit

 

Control

LKM

Control

LKM

 

M

SD

M

SD

M

SD

M

SD

Target disliked

        

Pre

1.20

0.60

1.32

0.95

 − 5.71

145.17

 − 4.67

108.48

Post

1.28

0.57

1.61

1.11

 − 43.16

101.08

 − 16.88

109.70

2nd disliked

        

Pre

1.46

0.74

1.29

0.75

15.85

115.81

0.53

101.86

Post

1.30

0.51

1.38

0.80

 − 39.85

100.87

31.24

89.41

3rd disliked

        

Pre

1.74

1.23

1.69

1.13

8.80

104.70

 − 0.89

88.12

Post

1.47

0.83

1.75

1.11

 − 4.20

97.29

20.57

90.51

Neutral other

        

Pre

3.45

1.32

3.47

1.07

 − 0.45

103.00

 − 22.07

78.78

Post

3.55

1.37

3.77

1.31

 − 0.09

91.59

0.24

90.25

Self

        

Pre

6.31

1.13

6.52

0.74

38.62

104.72

21.92

93.88

Post

6.42

1.00

6.63

0.77

51.78

119.93

34.65

86.18

Lamp

        

Pre

1.86

1.36

2.31

1.19

18.77

97.42

1.66

107.55

Post

1.93

1.33

2.31

1.36

 − 0.49

112.21

 − 4.03

98.47