Table 1 Subjective and physiological emotion patterns differences in emotional targets between young and old adults.
Emotion/measure | Young adults (n = 68) | Old adults (n = 39) | F age | F emotion | F age × emotion | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M (SD) | M (SD) | F(1,105) | η2 | F(1,105) | η2 | F(1,105) | η2 | |
Tenderness | ||||||||
Valence SAM | 6.43 (2.51) | 6.28 (2.80) | 0.58 | .00 | 21.36** | .16 | 1.76 | .01 |
Arousal SAM | 4.91 (2.18) | 5.00 (2.77) | 3.17 | .02 | 34.41** | .24 | 6.33* | .05 |
Tenderness DES | 5.54 (1.84) | 5.90 (1.60) | 2.97 | .02 | 310.17** | .74 | 0.03 | .00 |
SCL | 597.59 (222.04) | 482.51 (172.96) | 8.49** | .07 | 46.93** | .31 | 1.52 | .01 |
HR | 81.64 (10.40) | 79.40 (10.02) | 0.27 | .00 | 59.51** | .37 | 4.05* | .03 |
Amusement | ||||||||
Valence SAM | 5.88 (2.26) | 5.69 (2.83) | 0.43 | .00 | 11.47** | .09 | 2.87 | .02 |
Arousal SAM | 4.49 (2.20) | 3.26 (2.26) | 15.71** | .13 | 3.80* | .03 | 0.01 | .00 |
Amusement DES | 5.19 (1.53) | 4.38 (1.77) | 5.43 | .04 | 258.92** | .71 | 2.97 | .02 |
SCL | 590.05 (207.70) | 503.69 (193.27) | 6.16* | .05 | 52.51** | .34 | 0.09 | .00 |
HR | 82.37 (11.12) | 77.72 (8.19) | 1.10 | .01 | 46.68** | .31 | 22.23** | .18 |
Anger | ||||||||
Valence SAM | 2.07 (1.82) | 2.15 (2.15) | 1.83 | .01 | 99.30** | .48 | 1.14 | .01 |
Arousal SAM | 6.04 (2.19) | 6.41 (2.39) | 2.14 | .02 | 109.90** | .51 | 9.07** | .08 |
Anger DES | 4.85 (1.87) | 5.21 (2.15) | 1.21 | .01 | 304.54** | .74 | 0.20 | .00 |
SCL | 595.27 (224.90) | 468.29 (128.66) | 10.90** | .10 | 33.63** | .25 | 1.58 | .01 |
HR | 82.20 (11.02) | 79.04 (9.82) | 0.69 | .00 | 39.18** | .28 | 5.33** | .05 |
Disgust | ||||||||
Valence SAM | 2.50 (1.77) | 1.82 (1.62) | 0.00 | .00 | 98.46** | .48 | 6.02** | .05 |
Arousal SAM | 5.76 (2.08) | 5.79 (2.69) | 3.59 | .03 | 84.84** | .44 | 6.23** | .05 |
Disgust DES | 4.84 (1.91) | 4.62 (2.35) | 0.33 | .00 | 288.68** | .73 | 0.20 | .00 |
SCL | 578.51 (183.57) | 488.75 (188.23) | 6.95** | .06 | 43.04** | .30 | 0.43 | .00 |
HR | 82.18 (11.09) | 79.06 (9.06) | 0.62 | .00 | 60.77** | .37 | 6.79** | .06 |
Fear | ||||||||
SAM valence | 3.04 (1.95) | 2.54 (1.89) | 0.10 | .00 | 56.37** | .34 | 4.41* | .04 |
SAM arousal | 6.93 (1.88) | 5.51 (2.66) | 16.30** | .13 | 148.67** | .58 | 0.07 | .00 |
CED fear | 4.49 (2.04) | 3.28 (2.15) | 4.57* | .04 | 138.17** | .56 | 9.86** | .08 |
SCL | 609.15 (205.92) | 489.57 (163.31) | 9.62** | .08 | 59.34** | .37 | 2.64 | .02 |
HR | 84.24 (10.79) | 78.99 (10.14) | 2.07 | .02 | 76.21** | .43 | 15.18** | .13 |
Sadness | ||||||||
Valence SAM | 2.87 (1.64) | 2.64 (2.19) | 0.71 | .00 | 59.45** | .36 | 2.63 | .02 |
Arousal SAM | 5.00 (1.92) | 5.38 (2.48) | 1.90 | .01 | 60.04** | .36 | 12.40** | .10 |
Sadness DES | 5.41 (1.51) | 5.13 (1.90) | 0.38 | .00 | 243.63** | .69 | 0.39 | .00 |
SCL | 569.80 (184.22) | 535.74 (193.89) | 5.98* | .05 | 33.23** | .24 | 1.01 | .01 |
HR | 82.34 (11.19) | 79.02 (8.76) | 0.69 | .00 | 85.74** | .45 | 10.66** | .09 |
