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Psychological Inner Emptiness

PIESubjective experience of an internal void, hollowness, or absence of psychological content
3 items 2019 α .90–.96 Free Su, L., Wan, E. W., & Jiang, Y.

What it measures

Three items measure the degree to which a person experiences a sense of internal void or psychological hollowness, likely stemming from a lack of meaning or social belonging. Used repeatedly as a manipulation check in studies examining how social exclusion shapes preferences for visually dense stimuli.

Citation

Su, L., Wan, E. W., & Jiang, Y. (2019). Filling an empty self: The impact of social exclusion on consumer preference for visual density. Journal of Consumer Research, 46(4), 808–824.

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