Table 4. Partial correlations and multiple regression analyses (controlling for crime type) predicting sentencing variables from dehumanization and moral outrage in Studies 2 and 3.
Jail sentence in years | Sentence harshness | Suitability for rehabilitation | |
Study 2 | |||
r | r | r | |
Moral Outrage | .30*** | .13 | −.38*** |
β | β | β | |
Moral Outrage | .30** | .09 | −.43*** |
Dehumanization | .22* | .28** | −.18† |
Study 3 | |||
r | r | r | |
Moral Outrage | .27*** | .36*** | −.30*** |
β | β | β | |
Moral Outrage | .24** | .22** | −.22** |
Dehumanization | .22** | .44*** | −.33*** |
NOTE: ***p<.001,
p<.01,
p<.05.
p = .054.