Table 3. Study 2: Means, standard deviations, reliabilities and correlations of the study variables.

	Variable	Time	M	SD	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
1	Age	T1	23.75	9.62	–
2	Gender	T1	1.74	–	−.16	–
3	Narrative Experience	T1	13.48	17.61	.24*	.22*	–
4	Condition	T1	.52	–	.03	−.10	−.05	–
5	Empathy	T1	3.61	.53	.00	.35**	.22*	−.10	.75
6	Narrative Understanding	T2	3.19	.83	.03	−.19	−.09	.31**	−.06	.67
7	Attentional Focus	T2	3.09	1.04	.01	−.11	−.12	.26**	−.09	.87**	.92
8	Emotional Transportation	T2	2.92	.89	.04	−.04	−.08	.35**	.16	.42**	.42**	.87
9	Positive Affect	T2	3.54	1.22	−.11	.10	−.13	−.38**	.11	−.05	−.02	.20	.80
10	Negative Affect	T2	3.37	1.28	−.04	.08	−.02	.19	.09	.11	.12	.38**	.33**	.74
11	Empathy	T2	3.58	.52	−.06	.31**	.21*	−.14	.90**	−.05	−.05	.20*	.18	.16	.79
12	Empathy	T3	3.54	.52	−.07	.38**	.18	−.18	.85**	−.15	−.14	.12	.23*	.21*	.86**	.77

Note. Reliabilities are reported along the diagonal. N = 97; *p<.05, **p<.01. Condition: 0 = Control, 1 = Fiction.