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.TherewasasigniÞcantmaineffectofcountingconditiononreportsoffeelingstrong,F(1,80)525.76,p.001;themaineffectofCyberballconditionandtheinteractionofcountingconditionandCyberballconditionwerenotsigniÞcant,Fs1.Participantswhocountedmoneyre-portedfeelingstronger(M53.45,SD50.67)thanthosewhocountedpaper(M52.59,SD50.86).Also,thedegreetowhichparticipantsfeltstrongcorrelatedinverselywithreportsofdis-tressregardingtheCyberballgame,r(82)5".32,p.01.TheseresultsÞtthetheorythatmoneyoperatesasaresource,sothatcountingmoneyhelpsbuffertheimpactofexclusionbymakingpeoplefeelstronger.EXPERIMENT4Accordingtopriortheories,responsestosocialeventsarisefromsomeofthesamephysiologicalmechanismsthatrespondtophysicalpain(MacDonald&Leary,2005;Panksepp,1998).Ifso,thencountingmoneyshouldreducephysicalpain,justasitreducedsocialpaininExperiment3.ParticipantsNinety-sixundergraduatestudentsataChineseuniversity(60fe-males,36males)participatedinexchangeforpartialcoursecredit.ProcedurePriortocomingtothelaboratory,participantswererandomly mersedonlyinthewateratthebaselinetemperature(431C),for180s.Afterward,participantsuseda9-pointscaletoratehowpainfulthistaskhadbeen.Then,theycompletedthePANASasamoodmeasure.ResultsandDiscussionAnANOVAonpainreportsyieldedthreesigniÞcanteffects.First,reportedpainwashigherinthehigh-painthaninthemoderate-paincondition,F(1,92)557.35,p.001;thisÞndingindicatesthatthepainmanipulationwassuccessful.Second,reportedpainwaslowerafterparticipantscountedmoneythanaftertheycountedpaper,F(1,92)515.73,p.001.Third,theinteractionofcountingconditionandpain3.02.52.01.51.00.50.0Distress RatingCounting MoneyCounting PaperExclusionNormal PlayFig.1.ResultsfromExperiment3:meandistressratingasafunctionofCyberballcondition(socialexclusionvs.normalplay)andcountingcondition(countingmoneyvs.countingpaper).