social connectedness was related to coin size (β = -.76, p < .05). Mediation analyses using 5000 bootstrapped samples (Hayes 2012; PROCESS SPSS macro; model 4) with nostalgia condition as the independent variable, social connectedness as the mediator, and coin size index as the dependent variable revealed indirect mediation (Zhao, Lynch, and Chen 2010): controlling for social connectedness, the direct effect of nostalgia on coin size was no longer significant (β = = .08). Furthermore, the indirect path had a 95% bias-corrected confidence interval that p excluded zero (β = -.94, 95% CI: -2.3161 to -.0095), demonstrating that social connectedness mediated the effect of nostalgia on coin size. Although nostalgia predicted positive affect (β = 2.53, < .01), positive affect did not mediate the effect of nostalgia on coin size (95% CI for p indirect path between nostalgia and coin size included zero: -1.7310 to 1.6619). Discussion In experiment 6, participants who had earlier thought about a nostalgic event drew smaller coins than those who had earlier thought about an ordinary autobiographical event. These results are consistent with our hypothesis that nostalgia diminishes the desire for money, as prior work has linked representations of coins to desire for money (Bruner and Goodman 1947; Dubois et al. 2010; Zhou et al. 2009). Experiment 6 also demonstrated that representing coins as small in size was mediated by social connectedness in participants’ narratives. Although participants in the nostalgia condition mentioned more positive affect than those in the neutral condition, this affective state did not account for the relation between nostalgia and money. GENERAL DISCUSSION
social connectedness was related to coin size (β = -.76, p < .05). Mediation analyses using 5000 bootstrapped samples (Hayes 2012; PROCESS SPSS macro; model 4) with nostalgia condition as the independent variable, social connectedness as the mediator, and coin size index as the dependent variable revealed indirect mediation (Zhao, Lynch, and Chen 2010): controlling for social connectedness, the direct effect of nostalgia on coin size was no longer significant (β = p = .08). Furthermore, the indirect path had a 95% bias-corrected confidence interval that excluded zero (β = -.94, 95% CI: -2.3161 to -.0095), demonstrating that social connectedness mediated the effect of nostalgia on coin size. Although nostalgia predicted positive affect (β = 2.53, p < .01), positive affect did not mediate the effect of nostalgia on coin size (95% CI for indirect path between nostalgia and coin size included zero: -1.7310 to 1.6619). Discussion In experiment 6, participants who had earlier thought about a nostalgic event drew smaller coins than those who had earlier thought about an ordinary autobiographical event. These results are consistent with our hypothesis that nostalgia diminishes the desire for money, as prior work has linked representations of coins to desire for money (Bruner and Goodman 1947; Dubois et al. 2010; Zhou et al. 2009). Experiment 6 also demonstrated that representing coins as small in size was mediated by social connectedness in participants’ narratives. Although participants in the nostalgia condition mentioned more positive affect than those in the neutral condition, this affective state did not account for the relation between nostalgia and money. GENERAL DISCUSSION
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