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. 2023 Jun 13;2(7):pgad199. doi: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad199

Table 1.

Hyperbolic mixed-effects model results for group differences in social discounting.

N = 77 b SE 95% CI T P
Level 1
v 1, mean amount to forgo for N = 1 76.06a 1.56 73.01, 79.12 48.70 <0.0001
logk, mean discounting rate −4.52a 0.43 −5.35, −3.69 −10.67 <0.0001
Level 2
LKM controls >Wait-list controls 0.13 0.60 −1.05, 1.31 0.21 0.830
Altruists >Wait-list controls −1.65b 0.67 −2.96, −0.33 −2.45 0.015

Note. b represents unstandardized coefficients. 95% CI indicates lower/upper limits of a confidence interval. Groups are indicator variables relative to the reference group (wait-list controls).

a

P < 0.001.

b

P < 0.05.

LKM, loving-kindness meditation.