Table 2.

Means, standard deviations, and correlations of the major study variables

Variable	M	SD	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
1. Gender	0.970	0.175	1
2. Age	30.420	6.318	0.109	1
3. Educational Background	1.300	0.459	0	0.034	1
4. Observe	3.248	0.830	−0.049	−0.021	0.01	1
5. Describe	3.493	0.740	−0.017	0.015	0.028	.565**	1
6. ActAware	3.467	0.895	−0.029	0.062	0.007	.538**	.605**	1
7. NonJudge	3.311	0.691	−0.02	−0.034	.127*	.621**	.533**	.446**	1
8. NonReact	3.423	0.848	0.017	0.037	0.01	.540**	.553**	.663**	.536**	1
9. SEA	4.419	1.310	−0.108	.162**	0.092	.171**	.334**	.205**	.294**	.258**	1
10. OEA	4.280	1.400	−0.035	0.069	.192**	.287**	.341**	.239**	.335**	.319**	.538**	1
11. UOE	4.573	1.364	−0.09	.135*	0.104	.335**	.299**	.334**	.207**	.187**	.564**	.454**	1
12. ROE	4.549	1.287	−.112*	0.084	0.1	.278**	.256**	.202**	.328**	.251**	.496**	.468**	.387**	1
13. FS	2.355	0.679	−0.07	.204**	0.082	.297**	.291**	.188**	.291**	.228**	.259**	.216**	.299**	.223**	1
14. EC	2.187	0.902	−.129*	.228**	0.095	.347**	.338**	.220**	.396**	.337**	.345**	.319**	.292**	.266**	.669**	1
15. PD	2.239	0.788	−0.012	.225**	0.082	.243**	.251**	.162**	.243**	.229**	.274**	.219**	.259**	.156**	.653**	.561**	1
16. Closeness	2.999	0.711	−0.109	0.051	0.036	.291**	.367**	.250**	.315**	.305**	.360**	.368**	.257**	.279**	.381**	.407**	.299**	1
17. Conflict	2.985	0.596	−0.101	0.101	0.058	.249**	.404**	.275**	.298**	.254**	.381**	.291**	.297**	.229**	.390**	.469**	.384**	.596**	1
18. Dependency	2.712	0.578	−0.048	−0.035	0.016	.220**	.272**	.178**	.186**	.281**	.215**	.271**	.218**	.161**	.280**	.252**	.206**	.486**	.562**	1

Gender is the dummy variable (0 = male, 1 = female)

SEA Self-emotion appraisal, OEA Others’ emotion appraisal, UOE Use of emotion, ROE Regulation of emotion, FS Fantasy Scale, EC Empathetic Concern, PD Personal Distress

** p < 0.01, * p < 0.05