Table 2 Partial correlations between emotion vocabulary (EV) for distinct emotion types and changes in self-rated moods in study 1 (N = 1546).

Emotion vocabulary	Sadness mood change	Worry mood change	Anger mood change	Stressed mood change	Positive mood change
Sadness	0.09 (0.03)***	0.02 (0.03)	−0.08 (0.02)**	0.01 (0.03)	−0.01 (0.03)
Fear	−0.03 (0.02)	0.09 (0.03)***	−0.12 (0.02)***	0.02 (0.03)	0.06 (0.03)*
Anger	0.01 (0.03)	0.05 (0.03)^†	0.10 (0.03)***	0.05 (0.03)^†	−0.10 (0.03)***
Undifferentiated negative	0.00 (0.03)	0.06 (0.03)*	−0.01 (0.03)	0.09 (0.03)**	−0.02 (0.03)
Positive	−0.04 (0.02)	0.02 (0.03)	−0.07 (0.02)**	−0.02 (0.03)	0.04 (0.02)^†

Note: Values are partial correlation coefficients between EV indices and post-writing ratings of subjective mood. Each correlation controls for pre-writing levels of the target mood, as well as general vocabulary, and negative and positive emotional tone. Sample size is based on availability of state mood ratings. All tests were two-tailed. Coefficients are expressed as r (SE). For 95% confidence intervals and exact significance values, see Supplementary Table 6.
***p < 0.001.
**p < 0.01.
*p < 0.05.
^†p < 0.10.

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