MD (SE)	Bias	MD lower CI (95%)	MD upper CI (95%)	p
Aspects of the reading experience
Focus of attention	−1.7 (0.82)	0.01	−2.82	0.36	.15
Being absorbed in the text	0.88 (.73)	0.004	−0.62	2.22	.24
Imaginability	0.16 (0.77)	−0.02	−1.36	1.71	.82
Spatial presence	0.26 (0.83)	−0.01	−1.41	1.94	.77
End of reception	0.21 (0.54)	0.001	−0.85	1.28	.71
Excitement	0.69 (0.65)	0.01	−0.57	2.0	.31
Emotional involvement	1.26 (0.75)	0.02	−0.17	2.69	.09
General reading pleasure	0.23 (0.94)	−0.01	−1.67	1.99	.8
Identification	−0.97 (1.12)	−0.14	−3.35	1.08	.41
Parasocial interaction	−0.24 (0.66)	0.36	−1.55	1.04	.72
Cognitive involvement	0.14 (0.73)	−0.01	−1.35	1.56	.85
Thematic interest	−0.77 (0.67)	−0.01	−2.12	0.56	.24
Analysing reception	0.46 (0.98)	−0.01	−1.46	2.44	.61
Ease of cognitive access	−0.3 (0.75)	−0.1	−1.78	1.28	.69
Narrative and aesthetic feelings
Sympathy/empathy	0.01 (1.02)	−0.3	−2.02	1.87	.99
Identification	0.16 (.519)	−0.002	−0.87	1.17	.79
Absorption	0.62 (.97)	−0.01	−1.23	2.58	.53
Empathic distress	0.02 (.79)	0.02	−1.5	1.57	.98
Attractiveness	−0.11 (.87)	0.001	−1.85	1.61	.9
Foregrounding	0.74 (0.67)	−0.01	−0.54	2.13	.28
Reading Comprehension (Multiple‐choice questions)	.38 (.22)	−0.004	−0.07	0.81	.08

Note. Bootstrap results are based on 1,000 bootstrap samples.