Closeness & Liking.

<p>Self-reported closeness and liking by attention and mood.</p

Liking of Group Symbol.

<p>Self-reported liking of group symbol by attention and mood.</p

Correlation between the four dependent variables.

<p><i>Note</i>. Pearson’s two-tailed correlations are displayed for the negative-mood condition (N = 46).</p><p>** <i>p</i> < .01,</p><p>* <i>p</i> < .05.</p><p>Correlation between the four dependent variables.</p

Scales and items.

<p><i>Note</i>. For Similarity as well as Closeness & Liking we used a 7-point Likert scale (except for item 7), for Liking of Group Symbol we used a 9-point semantic differential anchored by the two adjectives displayed in this table (Item 1–8) or a 9-point Likert scale anchored as indicated in parentheses (Item 9–11), respectively.</p><p>* We adapted the visual 6-point scale to fit our study by using diagrams displaying only four instead of five circles that move increasingly closer to each other as the diagrams progress from the first to the sixth.</p><p>Scales and items.</p

Manipulation Check.

<p>Self-reported valence and arousal with the four film clips.</p

Means and standard deviations of dependent variables by attention and mood.

<p><i>Note</i>. Means are displayed for each experimental group for each dependent variable with standard deviations in parentheses. For all dependent variables items were z-standardized before calculating the mean.</p><p>Means and standard deviations of dependent variables by attention and mood.</p

Liking of Group Symbol as mediator.

<p>Model of Attention as predictor of Payment for Group Symbol, mediated by Liking of Group Symbol. “Direct effect” refers to the effect of Attention on Payment for Group Symbol when Liking of Group Symbol is not included in the model and when it is included in the model (in parentheses).</p

Similarity.

<p>Self-reported similarity by attention and mood.</p