makes me feel ecstatic” (alpha = .70). To assess negative mood, participants rated “… (1 7 the following three statements: = strongly disagree, = strongly agree) “Thinking about this interaction with an overweight person…” me feel unhappy,” “…makes “… makes me feel sad,” makes me feel upset” (alpha = .82). We derived positive and “… negative mood indices, respectively. Positivity of selected outgroup member. Participants rated the positivity of the overweight person involved in the recalled experience on the following two items: much do you like this individual?” 7 and (1 = not at all, = very much) “How “How positive is your attitude towards this individual (1 7 = not at all positive, = very We derived a relevant index, = .56, = .001. positive). r(48) p Typicality of selected outgroup member. Participants (1 = 7 not at all, = the typicality of the overweight person involved in the recalled experience on very) two items: typical do you think this individual is of overweight people in “How general?” and representative do you think this individual is of overweight “How people in general?”. Again, we derived a relevant index, = .73, = .001. r(48) p Results Manipulation Check As intended, participants were more nostalgic in the nostalgia condition (M = 4.83, .92) than in the control condition (M 3.66, 1.33), 48) = 12.88, SD = = SD = F(1, = .001, 1.42. p d = Outgroup Attitudes We hypothesized that nostalgia improve outgroup attitude. This hypothesis was supported. Nostalgic participants (M = .20, = .60) relative to control SD participants (M .60) held a more positive attitude towards persons who = -.20, SD = are overweight, 48) = 5.43, = .05, = .67. With more stringent experimental F(1, p d
“… makes me feel ecstatic” (alpha = .70). To assess negative mood, participants rated (1 = strongly disagree, 7 = strongly agree) the following three statements: “Thinking about this interaction with an overweight person…” “…makes me feel unhappy,” “… makes me feel sad,” “… makes me feel upset” (alpha = .82). We derived positive and negative mood indices, respectively. Positivity of selected outgroup member. Participants rated the positivity of the overweight person involved in the recalled experience on the following two items: “How much do you like this individual?” (1 = not at all, 7 = very much) and “How positive is your attitude towards this individual (1 = not at all positive, 7 = very positive). We derived a relevant index, r(48) = .56, p = .001. Typicality of selected outgroup member. Participants (1 = not at all, 7 = very) the typicality of the overweight person involved in the recalled experience on two items: “How typical do you think this individual is of overweight people in general?” and “How representative do you think this individual is of overweight people in general?”. Again, we derived a relevant index, r(48) = .73, p = .001. Results Manipulation Check As intended, participants were more nostalgic in the nostalgia condition (M = 4.83, SD = .92) than in the control condition (M = 3.66, SD = 1.33), F(1, 48) = 12.88, p = .001, d = 1.42. Outgroup Attitudes We hypothesized that nostalgia improve outgroup attitude. This hypothesis was supported. Nostalgic participants (M = .20, SD = .60) relative to control participants (M = -.20, SD = .60) held a more positive attitude towards persons who are overweight, F(1, 48) = 5.43, p = .05, d = .67. With more stringent experimental
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