ABSTRACT
The correlation between subjective ratings of temperature and loneliness was not statistically significant; thus, there was no evidence for an association between temperature and loneliness across the sample. The correlation between loneliness and a composite of the pack evaluation items, scored such that higher values represent more positive evaluations, was also not statistically significant. This means there was little evidence of an association between loneliness and how the cold packs were evaluated by participants. Likewise, there was no statistical effect of condition controlling for positive evaluations of the pack in a model with both as predictors of loneliness. This suggests that there is no linear association between the condition and loneliness controlling for the positive evaluation of the pack. Most of the open-ended responses indicated that participants believed that we were testing the connection between product evaluations and individuals’ personalities.
