Table 2.
Mean percentage scores and standard deviations for all measures for the ‘Above and Beyond’ task
| Low AQ group (N = 24) M (SD) |
High AQ group (N = 27) M (SD) |
Significance (p = .05) |
Effect Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Generation of pro-social response (%) | ||||
| Total quality | 81.94 (6.59) | 67.40 (11.82) | .0001 | 1.52 |
| Low pro-social | 10.42 (9.08) | 28.15 (20.20) | .0001 | 1.13 |
| Medium pro-social | 30.83 (14.42) | 40.37 (17.86) | .043 | 0.53 |
| High pro-social | 56.36 (13.64) | 41.00 (18.53) | .013 | 0.95 |
| Selection of pro-social action (%) | ||||
| Total score | 83.89 (7.39) | 72.22 (10.97) | .0001 | 1.25 |
| Low action | 6.25 (6.47) | 18.51 (16.10) | .0001 | 1.82 |
| Medium action | 36.25 (15.82) | 46.29 (17.35) | .037 | 0.60 |
| High action | 57.50 (17.99) | 35.19 (20.82) | .0001 | 1.15 |
| Self-(participant) perspective ratings (%) | ||||
| High-low satisfaction difference | 27.46 (14.54) | 7.74 (20.33) | .0001 | 1.12 |
| Low action | 45.46 (10.44) | 54.22 (11.26) | .006 | 0.81 |
| Medium action | 70.67 (9.52) | 66.52 (11.19) | – | – |
| High action | 72.92 (7.30) | 61.96 (16.64) | .005 | 0.85 |
| Other-(character) perspective ratings (%) | ||||
| High-low satisfaction difference | 44.91 (8.61) | 39.89 (10.50) | .070 | 0.52 |
| Low action | 40.33 (7.38) | 45.04 (9.40) | – | – |
| Medium action | 70.21 (7.30) | 70.14 (6.72) | – | – |
| High action | 85.25 (6.24) | 84.93 (7.18) | – | – |