Table 8.
Experiment 2: T-test results on participants' mean difference scores on compassion toward offenders.
| We should… | Group |
t | Effect size (η2) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (n = 103) |
Compassion-enhanced (n = 97) |
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| Pre- score M (SD) | Post- score M (SD) | Post–pre difference M (SD) | Pre- score M (SD) | Post- score M (SD) | Post–pre difference M (SD) | |||
| … recognise the suffering of offenders. | 3.32 (0.97) | 3.45 (0.98) | 0.1262 (0.85) | 3.05 (1.04) | 3.53 (0.85) | 0.4742 (0.87) | 2.87** | .040 |
| … understand that both offenders (as well as victims) suffer. | 3.40 (0.94) | 3.65 (1.03) | 0.2524 (0.79) | 3.20 (1.02) | 3.60 (0.93) | 0.4021 (0.90) | 1.25 | .008 |
| … feel emotional responses toward offenders who suffer. | 3.14 (0.98) | 3.21 (1.035) | 0.0777 (0.67) | 2.89 (1.019) | 3.21 (0.978) | 0.3196 (0.98) | 2.02* | .021 |
| … acknowledge uncomfortable feelings we have about offenders who suffer. | 3.42 (0.96) | 3.44 (1.05) | 0.0194 (0.74) | 3.18 (0.94) | 3.42 (0.94) | 0.2474 (0.92) | 1.917 | .018 |
| … be motivated to act to alleviate the suffering of offendersa | 3.00 (0.99) | 3.24 (0.99) | 0.2427 (0.68) | 2.81 (0.95) | 3.27 (0.92) | 0.4470 (0.84) | 1.88 | .018 |
Note: p < .05; ** p < .01; ***p < .001.
an = 96.