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Published in final edited form as: J Exp Soc Psychol. 2014 Jan;50:94–104. doi: 10.1016/j.jesp.2013.08.008

Table 3.

Predicting individuals’ level-1 slopes from individual difference variables.

Level-1 predictor (situation factors)	Average support provider's level-1 slope coefficient	Level-2 moderator coefficient (change in level-1 slope predicted for 1 SD increase in individual difference variables)		SD of slopes across support providers remaining after taking both level-2 variables into account (H₀: SD of slopes = 0)
		Empathic Concern (df = 78)	Personal Distress (df = 78)
“Overall Distress”	.43^***	.00	.28^***	.75^***
“Emotional Restraint”	–.12^***	.00	.04^*	.10^**
“Visible Anxiety”	.06^***	.01	.00	.08^*

Note. The level-2 predictors, Empathic Concern and Personal Distress, are standardized, and they were entered into the model separately rather than simultaneously. To compute the SD of slopes remaining after accounting for both level-2 variables, a model was run in which both level-2 variables were entered simultaneously.

p < .05.

^**

p < .01.

^***

p < .001.