Table 1.

Item-level comparison of both groups.

	mortality salience		dental pain
item	mean	s.d.	mean	s.d.	t	p	d
How much do you think you would like this person?	6.08	1.78	5.78	2.00	0.89	0.377	0.16
How intelligent do you believe this person to be?	6.39	1.42	6.27	1.62	0.46	0.643	0.08
How knowledgeable do you believe this person to be?	5.53	2.11	5.55	2.27	−0.04	0.968	−0.01
Is this person's opinion well-informed?	5.47	2.26	5.34	2.36	0.31	0.760	0.05
How much do you agree with this person's opinion?	5.80	2.36	5.44	2.65	0.81	0.420	0.14
From your perspective, how true do you think this person's opinion is of the topic they discussed?	5.75	2.28	5.62	2.37	0.30	0.762	0.05