Fig 1.
Image of the smart thermostat, SEM.
SEM is depicted in the thermostat description of the survey.
Fig 2.
Recreation of image and text manipulation.
This is for a participant who indicated a low temperature setting of 70°F, and was assigned to the condition Language = Must, Temperature = Incongruent, Justification = Transparent. (Image and background photo, credit D.A.B.).
Table 1.
Descriptive statistics for state reactance by condition.
Table 2.
Spearman correlations for dependent variables, covariates, and controls.
Fig 3.
Reactance measure means by Language condition.
Results from Tukey post-hoc tests are shown with +/- 2 standard error bars.
Fig 4.
Reactance measure means by Temperature condition.
Results from ANCOVAs are shown with +/- 2 standard error bars.
Fig 5.
Reactance measure means by Justification condition.
Results from ANCOVAs are shown with +/- 2 standard error bars.
Table 3.
ANCOVA results for main effects on reactance.
Interactions are reported in S1 Table.
Table 4.
ANCOVA results for Behavioral Intention.
Fig 6.
Effect of Temperature and Justification on Behavioral Intention.
Results from Tukey post-hoc tests are shown with +/- 2 standard error bars.
Fig 7.
Mediation effects of reactance.
This shows the relationship between justification and behavioral intention for (a) negative cognitions, (b) anger, and (c) threat to freedom.