Participant number
Video condition
Nationality salience
Watched scratching video
Describe up to 3 things British people do most often
I identify with British people
Being British is an important part of my identity
The person in the video was relevant to me
I share an identity with the person in the video
The person in the video found the film interesting
The person in the video found the film sad
The person in the video found the film funny
The person in the video found the film boring
How itchy do you think the person in the video felt?
Approximately how many times did the person in the video scratch?
How itchy did you feel when you watched the video?
Approximately how many times did you scratch when you watched the video?
How anxious did you feel watching the video?
If someone I'm talking with begins to cry, I get teary eyed
Being with a happy person picks me up when I'm feeling down
When someone smiles warmly at me, I smile back and feel warm inside
I get filled with sorrow when people talk about the death of their loved ones
I clench my jaws and my shoulders get tight when I see the angry faces on the news
When I look into the eyes of the one I love, my mind is filled with thoughts of romance
It irritates me to be around angry people
Watching the fearful faces of victims on the news makes me try to imagine how they might be feeling
I melt when the one I love holds me close
I tense when overhearing an angry quarrel
Being around happy people fills my mind with happy thoughts
I sense my body responding when the one I love touches me
I notice myself getting tense when I’m around people who are stressed out
I cry at sad movies
Listening to the shrill screams of a terrified child in a dentist’s waiting room make me nervous
Manipulation check 1 - At the start of this experiment we told you we were comparing different national groups, and that we were studying you as a member of a particular national group. Which national group was this?
Manipulation check 2 - Where was the person in the video from?
Age
Gender
Nationality
Course
Coded scratches from webcam
Time to first scratch from webcam