The effect of induced happiness versus sadness on three types of self-control tasks

Figures & data

Table 1. Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) summary table for the effect of emotion induction on self-control, with trait self-control (TSC), practice performance, and baseline (T1) happiness and sadness as covariates.

	F	p	${\eta }_p^2$
Study 1
TSC	.47	.50	.003
Practice Performance	40.14	<.001	.21
T1 happiness	.28	.60	.002
T1 sadness	2.24	.14	.02
Emotion induction	5.85	.02	.04
Study 2
TSC	.12	.73	.001
Practice Performance	81.73	<.001	.40
T1 happiness	1.12	.29	.009
T1 sadness	.36	.55	.003
Emotion induction	4.13	.04	.03
Study 3
TSC	.68	.41	.005
Practice Performance	376.67	<.001	.75
T1 happiness	.14	.71	.001
T1 sadness	1.16	.28	.009
Emotion induction	9.74	.002	.07

Study 1: N = 157; Study 2: N = 131; Study 3: N = 133. Significant at the p < .05 level.

Data availability statement

Data and materials are available in the Open Science Framework repository (https://osf.io/6bqax/?view_only=a728d0b50e3a4659b88268ecd174819a).