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Table 1 Distribution of valence scores in male and female participants from China and America #

From: Affective reactions differ between Chinese and American healthy young adults: a cross-cultural study using the international affective picture system

 

Female

Male

 

Valence < 5

Valence ≥ 5

χ 2

P

Valence < 5

Valence ≥ 5

χ 2

P

Animal

American

42

43

0.590

0.443

35

50

1.516

0.218

Chinese

47

38

43

42

Facial

American

70

95

1.222

0.269

69

96

4.857

0.028

Chinese

80

85

89

76

Mutilation

American

46

0

 

1.000

45

1

 

1.000

Chinese

46

0

46

0

Erotic

American

31

69

25.930

<6 × 10-5*

17

83

1.149

0.700

Chinese

67

33

15

85

Landscape

American

10

65

3.463

0.063

8

67

1.918

0.166

Chinese

19

56

14

61

Violence

American

50

2

0.707

0.400

48

4

0.915

0.329

Chinese

48

4

45

7

Object

American

34

87

3.615

0.057

46

75

0.838

0.36

Chinese

48

73

53

68

Sport

American

9

62

0.233

0.629

5

66

0.364

0.546

Chinese

11

60

7

64

Pollution

American

99

2

0.205

0.651

99

2

0.687

0.407

Chinese

98

3

97

4

  1. #The data about American participants were collected by Lang.
  2. *P < 6 × 10-5.