highly significantp < 0.001
The interaction between Age and Laughter Type was highly significant as well ( F (2, 174) = 7.70, p < 0.001, partial η 2 = 0.08).
The interaction between Age and Laughter Type was highly significant as well ( F (2, 174) = 7.70, p < 0.001, partial η 2 = 0.08).
However, the difference between YA and OA very closely approached significance for Schadenfreude ( t (88) = 1.862, p = 0.066, Cohen’s d = 0.42).
In summary, we take the significant interaction terms of the ANOVAs and the near-significant age effect in Schadenfreude as evidence that the OA group perceived specifically Schadenfreude as less dominant than the YA group.