Bastian, Jetten and Ferris (2014) — BJF14

Data for Study 1 of Bastian, Jetten and Ferris (2014) social effects of pain. Study 1 contains a one-way analysis of variance, a series of t-test, a mediation analysis and some linear regression.

The response, bonding, is the average of 7 questions measured on a seven point scale, ranging from strongly disagree (1) to strongly agree (7).

Usage

BJF14_S1

Format

A data frame with 54 rows and 10 variables:

bonding: [double] score for the perceived bonding with strangers, average of Likert scales
condition: [factor] experimental condition, either Control or Pain
pain: Likert scale rating for the amount of pain, 'How intense was the pain you experienced?', ranging from not at all painful (1) to intensely painful (10)
unpleasant: Likert scale rating for unpleasanteness, 'How unpleasant was the pain you experienced?' ranging from not at all (1) to the most intense bad feeling imaginable (10)
positive: PANAS score for positive affect
negative: PANAS score for negative affect
threat: average ALES subscale for the perception of the physical task
challenge: average ALES subscale for the perception of the physical task
groupsize: size of group during experiment
age: age of participant
gender: [factor] gender, either male or female

Source

Open Science Foundation, via https://osf.io/9k3sw/, unspecified license

References

Bastian, B., Jetten, J., & Ferris, L. J. (2014). Pain as Social Glue: Shared Pain Increases Cooperation. Psychological Science, 25(11), 2079–2085. doi:10.1177/0956797614545886