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. 2016 Mar 7;16(5):587–601. doi: 10.1037/emo0000162

Table 3. Mean (SD) Scores for Proportional Affect Rating, Empathic Concern, Perceived Pain, and Empathic Accuracy Responses for Each Cultural Group in Response to British and Chinese Video Targets (Study 3).

Measure British cultural group Chinese cultural group
TargetBR1 TargetBR2 TargetCH1 TargetCH2 TargetBR1 TargetBR2 TargetCH1 TargetCH2
M (SD) M (SD) M (SD) M (SD) 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 (%) 1.33 (.88) 1.96 (1.16) 1.56 (1.03) 1.95 (1.61) 1.45 (1.46) 2.12 (2.27) 1.60 (1.21) 1.76 (1.77)
Proportion positive affect (%) .71 (.90) 1.03 (1.16) 1.15 (1.18) 1.91 (1.44) .85 (1.28) 1.08 (1.80) .87 (1.25) 1.54 (1.81)
Proportion no affect (%) 97.96 (1.73) 97.01 (2.26) 97.29 (2.08) 96.14 (2.99) 97.70 (2.71) 96.80 (4.03) 97.53 (2.31) 96.71 (3.54)
Perceived paina 4.53 (.86) 4.32 (.70) 4.13 (.68) 2.98 (.97) 4.64 (.92) 4.81 (.74) 4.40 (.80) 3.55 (.86)
Empathic concernb 1.95 (1.04) 2.04 (1.09) 1.76 (1.13) 1.93 (1.25) 1.15 (.86) 1.34 (.83) 1.22 (.91) 1.50 (1.04)
Empathic accuracyc −1.31 (.60) −1.54 (.68) −1.15 (.61) −1.57 (1.20) −1.09 (.58) −1.51 (.55) −1.17 (.61) −.85 (.51)