Nobre and Pinto-Gouveia (2008) measured the relationship between emotion and thoughts of low self-body image. The following table shows a portion of their results for the correlations between thoughts of low-self body image and four types of emotions.
(a) List the emotions that showed a significant positive correlation with thoughts of low self-body image.
(b) List the emotions that showed a significant negative correlation with thoughts of low self-body image.
Correlations Between Four Emotions and Low Self-Body Image (n = 163)
Emotions _______________________________ Thoughts of Low Self-Body Image
Sadness ................................................................ .24**
Guilt.................................................................... .27**
Pleasure................................................................ -.25**
Satisfaction............................................................. -.37**
*p <.05. ** p <.01.