Table 2. Study 1: Hierarchical regression analyses predicting empathy T3.

	Empathy T2			Empathy T3
	Step 1	Step 2	Step 3	Step 1	Step 2	Step 3
Control variables
Empathy T1	.91***	.89***	.88***	.84***	.83***	.81***
Narrative Understanding	−.05	−.05	−.04	−.17	−.16	−.16
Attentional Focus	−.03	−.01	−.01	.16	.17	.14
Independent variables
Condition		−.12	−.12		−.06	−.04
Emotional Transportation		.04	.02		.02	−.09
Interaction
Emotional Transportation * Condition			.03			.17*
F	100.19***	65.03***	53.44***	54.08***	32.00***	28.09***
ΔF	100.19***	2.93	.14	54.08***	.43	3.95*
R2	.83	.84	.85	.73	.73	.75
ΔR2	.83	.02	.00	.73	.00	.01

Note. N = 66. Standardized regression coefficients are reported. Condition: 0 = control; 1 = fiction. *p<.05, **p<.01, ***p<.001.