Table 2. Mean (SD) Scores for Proportionate Affect Rating, Perceived Pain, Empathic Concern, and Empathic Accuracy Responses Separately for British and East Asian Cultural Samples (Study 2).
| Measure | British cultural group | East Asian cultural group | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Target 1 | Target 2 | Target 1 | Target 2 | |
| M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | |
| a 1 = no pain to 6 = hurts worst. b 1 = very slightly or not at all to 5 = extremely. c −4 = low empathic accuracy to 0 = high empathic accuracy. | ||||
| Proportion negative affect (%) | 1.57 (1.20) | 2.63 (1.66) | 1.05 (.87) | 1.85 (1.19) |
| Proportion positive affect (%) | 1.39 (1.16) | 1.65 (1.46) | .90 (.89) | 1.04 (1.05) |
| Proportion no affect (%) | 97.04 (2.35) | 95.72 (3.05) | 98.05 (1.75) | 97.12 (2.18) |
| Perceived paina | 4.73 (.78) | 4.44 (.69) | 4.71 (.78) | 4.56 (.87) |
| Empathic concernb | 1.81 (1.16) | 1.89 (1.01) | 1.39 (.86) | 1.12 (.64) |
| Empathic accuracyc | −1.18 (.33) | −1.28 (.44) | −1.03 (.33) | −1.17 (.30) |