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Table 3 Affective ratings of picture stimuli from IAPS

From: The effects of yoga and quiet rest on subjective levels of anxiety and physiological correlates: a 2-way crossover randomized trial

 

Normative Ratings

N = 50

Participant Ratings

N = 40

Test Statistics

 

M

SD

M

SD

 

Pleasant Picture Valance Rating

7.80

0.61

6.88

1.80

0.1523

Pleasant Picture Arousal Rating

5.90

0.55

2.99

2.32

0.3863

Pleasant Picture Dominance Rating

5.77

0.93

3.93

2.29

0.2330

Neutral Picture Valance Rating

5.01

0.31

5.36

1.10

−0.0967

Neutral Picture Arousal Rating

3.48

0.98

1.28

0.85

0.5047

Neutral Picture Dominance Rating

5.50

0.94

2.94

2.0

0.3609

Unpleasant Picture Valance Rating

1.80

0.40

1.76

1.25

0.0096

Unpleasant Picture Arousal Rating

6.77

0.59

3.17

2.97

0.3770

Unpleasant Picture Dominance Rating

3.41

1.02

6.56

2.57

−0.3568

  1. A two-sample t-test determined no significant difference between mean self-assessment manikin (SAM) ratings to pleasant, neutral and unpleasant pictures between study participants and the published normative values for college women. The critical value needed to reach significance was 2.021