Table 4.

Means (Standard Deviations) of and Unilevel Correlations Between All Variables in Study 2.

	Pearson correlations
Variable	M (SD)	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1. Personal attitude	3.90 (1.77)	.065*	−.031	.067*	.115**	−.075*	−.309**	.300**
2. Polarization Index	0.32 (0.22)		.227**	.063	−.071*	−.090**	−.243**	−.104**
3. Opinion differentiation	4.32 (1.28)			.161**	−.249**	−.112**	−.196**	−.093**
4. Structural differentiation	4.55 (1.08)				−.293**	.172**	.116**	.133**
5. Conversational harmony	3.67 (1.17)					−.266**	−.129**	−.014
6. Avoidance	3.93 (1.10)						.295**	.119**
Negative emotions in response to:
7. Target statement	2.86 (1.51)							.353**
8. Alternative statement	3.08 (1.56)

Note. Polarization Index scores range from 0 (no polarization) to 1 (maximum polarization). All other variables are measured on 7-point scales, with higher scores indicating higher agreement with the target statement (1), larger perceived opinion differences (3), higher perceived structural differentiation (4), higher anticipated conversational harmony (5), higher intentions to avoid (6), and more anticipated negative emotions in response to the target statement (7) or a statement in opposition of the target statement (8).

Asterisks indicate that unilevel correlations are significant at *p < .05. **p < .01.