Table 2.
Experiment 1: T-test results on participants' mean difference scores on compassion toward offenders.
| Group |
t | Effect size (η2) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard |
Compassion- enhanced |
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| N | Pre- scoreM (SD) | Post-score M (SD) | Post-pre difference M (SD) | N | Pre- score M (SD) | Post- score M (SD) | Post-pre difference M (SD) | |||
| We should recognise the suffering of offenders | 94 | 3.12 (1.11) | 3.16 (1.02) | 0.04 (0.81) | 95 | 3.05 (1.12) | 3.16 (0.98) | 0.10 (0.98) | 0.48 | .001 |
| We should understand that both offenders (as well as victims) suffer | 94 | 3.20 (1.00) | 3.39 (0.10) | 0.19 (0.86) | 95 | 3.32 (1.10) | 3.48 (0.99) | 0.17 (0.74) | –0.20 | .000 |
| We should feel emotional responses toward offenders who suffer | 94 | 2.68 (1.03) | 2.78 (1.09) | 0.09 (0.90) | 95 | 2.74 (0.96) | 2.84 (1.03) | 0.10 (0.78) | 0.08 | .000 |
| We should acknowledge uncomfortable feelings we have about offenders who suffer | 94 | 3.14 (0.98) | 3.01 (1.04) | –0.13 (0.69) | 95 | 3.24 (1.05) | 3.14 (1.03) | –0.10 (0.89) | 0.19 | .000 |
| We should be motivated to act to alleviate the suffering of offenders. | 94 | 2.63 (1.03) | 2.86 (1.13) | 0.23 (0.66) | 95 | 2.79 (1.03) | 2.99 (1.03) | 0.20 (0.71) | –0.34 | .001 |