Figure 1. Recipients’ reactions as a function of role in Study 1.Note: Error bar indicates standard error.

Figure 2. Recipients’ reactions as a function of role in Study 2.Note: Error bar indicates standard error.

Figure 3. Recipients’ reactions as a function of role in Study 3.Note: Error bar indicates standard error.

Figure 4. Recipients’ reactions as a function of role and view in Study 4a.Note: Error bar indicates standard error.

Figure 5. Recipients’ reactions as a function of role and view in Study 4b.Note: Error bar indicates standard error.

Figure 6. The mediation role of the focus on self-esteem threat and the focus on information value.Note: The figure reports unstandardized path coefficients and their significance, *** p <.001.

Figure 7. Recipients’ reactions as a function of condition in Study 6.Note: Error bar indicates standard error.