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Table 4 Rating reliability (categorization and intensity rating) of real words across lists

From: Encoding emotion in Chinese: a database of Chinese emotion words with information of emotion type, intensity, and valence

Cross-list repeated real words

Emotion type

Emotion intensity

Most frequently voted emotion type and valence (the corresponding percentage of voters) by list

Mean intensity rating by list

t value

p value

开心 kaixin “happy”

List 1: happiness (100 %), positive (96.7 %)

List 1: 5.39

0.97

0.34

List 2: happiness (98.4 %), positive (95.3 %)

List 2: 5.17

焦躁 jiaozao “anxious”

List 1: anxiety (96.7 %), negative (91.8 %)

List 1: 5.74

0.51

0.61

List 3: anxiety (85.3 %), negative (88.2 %)

List 3: 5.66

愤怒 fennu “angry”

List 2: anger (100 %), negative (82.8 %)

List 2: 6.20

1.46

0.15

List 4: anger (95.2 %), negative (77.8 %)

List 4: 5.97

沉痛 chentong “grief”

List 2: sadness (85.9 %), negative (84.3 %)

List 2: 6.11

1.35

0.18

List 3: sadness (83.8 %), negative (77.9 %)

List 3: 5.85

震惊 zhenjing “shocked”

List 3: surprise (100 %), neutral (67.6 %)

List 3: 5.96

−0.40

0.69

List 4: surprise (98.4 %), neutral (63.5 %)

List 4: 6.03

畏惧 weiju “fear”

List 1: fear (93.4 %), negative (82.0 %)

List 1: 5.69

0.37

0.71

List 4: fear (92.1 %), negative (73.0 %)

List 4: 5.62