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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pers Soc Psychol. 2015 Nov;109(5):791–812. doi: 10.1037/pspi0000030

Table 2.

Correlations and descriptive statistics for Studies 1 and 2

Study 1
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MP IMP EMP IMS EMS Thermometer Attitudes scale MP IMP EMP IMS EMS Thermometer Attitudes scale


MP 0.94 0.95
IMP 0.96 0.93 0.95 0.93
EMP 0.96 0.84 0.91 0.94 0.79 0.92
IMS −0.57 −0.56 −0.53 0.88 −0.67 −0.68 −0.58 0.88
EMS 0.07 0.03 0.11 0.10 0.84 0.13 0.09 0.16 0.06 0.84
Thermometer −0.37 −0.37 −0.35 0.43 −0.03 -- −0.52 −0.54 −0.44 0.59 0.00 --
Attitudes scale −0.60 −0.59 −0.57 0.66 −0.09 0.52 0.89 −0.70 −0.73 −0.58 0.68 −0.07 0.66 0.95
Mean 1.92 1.79 2.05 7.16 5.29 74.19 5.43 2.34 2.30 2.37 6.80 5.00 66.44 4.18
SD 1.30 1.31 1.39 1.62 2.02 19.91 0.88 1.56 1.68 1.61 1.84 2.03 24.72 0.78
Skew 1.79 1.98 1.56 −0.79 −0.19 −0.66 −0.53 1.05 1.22 1.02 −0.66 −0.13 −0.61 −1.06
Study 2
MP IMP EMP IMS EMS Thermometer Attitudes scale MP IMP EMP IMS EMS Thermometer Attitudes scale


MP 0.91 0.93
IMP 0.94 0.81 0.95 0.90
EMP 0.95 0.79 0.88 0.93 0.75 0.89
IMS −0.56 −0.54 −0.51 0.84 −0.67 −0.69 −0.56 0.84
EMS 0.21 0.16 0.24 0.03 0.78 0.28 0.20 0.34 −0.06 0.80
Thermometer −0.29 −0.28 −0.27 0.36 −0.10 -- −0.62 −0.63 −0.52 0.59 −0.14 --
Attitudes scale -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Mean 1.84 1.83 1.85 7.30 4.51 76.18 -- 2.33 2.38 2.27 6.96 4.20 70.14 --
SD 1.14 1.18 1.22 1.62 1.89 19.67 -- 1.53 1.75 1.53 1.77 1.89 25.19 --
Skew 1.52 1.50 1.59 −0.87 0.10 −0.89 -- 1.14 1.33 1.17 −0.70 0.22 −0.88 --

Note: Where appropriate, Cronbach's alpha is shown in the diagonal.