4.3. H2: Narrative Describing an Infection with Severe Symptoms Induces Greater Narrative Transportation Than the One That Describe Mild Symptoms
infection, COVID-19 infection
INFECTION, COVID-19 INFECTION
H2 proposed that a message mentioning a severe COVID-19 infection would result in greater narrative transportation compared to a message referring to a mild infection. Although no main effect was predicted for the infection target (nor an interaction effect between the two independent variables), an ANOVA was conducted regardless. The results showed that the severity of the COVID-19 infection did not significantly influence the degree of narrative transportation (F(1, 274) = 0.63, 