4.2. H1: The Impact of the Infection Target on Identification with the Protagonist Is Moderated by the Severity of the COVID-19 Infection
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INFECTION, COVID-19 INFECTION
H1 posited that the narrative alluding to a COVID-19 infection of the protagonist’s father would induce less identification with the protagonist than the narrative alluding to an infection on the protagonist himself, specifically when the infection was described as severe. The PROCESS macro (Model 1) was used to test this hypothesis of moderation, which yielded a non-statistically significant interaction effect (B = 0.11, SE = 0.18, 