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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 31.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Dev. 2015 Feb;24(1):76–94. doi: 10.1111/sode.12084

Table 1.

Means and Standard Deviations of Study Variables

T1 T2 T3
Sadness

Mother-reported [0–6 scale] 2.19 (.85) 2.18 (.84) 2.84 (.75)
Caregiver-reported [0–6 scale] 1.80 (.98) 1.81 (.82) 2.77 (.77)

Sympathya

Experimenter hurt – hypothesis testing [0–2 scale] .23 (.32) .29 (.38) .15 (.26)
Experimenter hurt – concerned attention [0–3 scale] .09 (.24) .13 (.26) --

Prosocial Behavior

Mother-reported [0–2 scale] 1.17 (.59) 1.41 (.49) 1.50 (.48)
Father-reported [0–2 scale] 1.05 (.58) 1.38 (.53) 1.45 (.54)
Caregiver-reported [0–2 scale] 1.06 (.64) 1.34 (.56) 1.37 (.57)
Observed prosocial behaviorb .11 (.31) .27 (.44) .24 (.43)

Note. Standard deviations presented in parentheses.

a

Means and standard deviations are presented for sympathy measures prior to standardizing.

b

After dichotomizing. Observed prosocial behavior consisted of direct and indirect helping at T1 and direct prosocial behavior, indirect prosocial behavior, and prosocial verbalizations at T2 and T3.