Back where I belong: Rereading as a risk-free pathway to social connection

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Ministero, Green, Gabriel and Valenti surveyed 671 US adult volunteers online, built a short scale for the tendency to reread and found it distinct from the general tendency to read. Rereading was positively associated with trait narrative transportation after controlling for general reading. Single correlational survey. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts 16(1), 97-109, 2022.

Ministero, Green, Gabriel and Valenti surveyed 671 US adult volunteers online, built a short scale for the tendency to reread and found it distinct from the general tendency to read. Rereading was positively associated with trait narrative transportation after controlling for general reading. Single correlational survey. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts 16(1), 97-109, 2022.

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Creativity, and the Arts, 16(1), 97-109. doi:10.1037/aca0000375 https://doi.org/10.1037/aca0000375