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. 2018 Aug 21;29(10):1631–1641. doi: 10.1177/0956797618779590

Table 2.

Analysis of Ratings of Intensity of Subjective Pain, Pain Unpleasantness, and Fear

Variable and condition Altruists (M) Controls (M) p d
Pain
 Self 4.48 [4.00, 4.96] 4.30 [3.81, 4.79] .603 0.15 [–0.40, 0.69]
 Other 4.08 [3.66, 4.50] 3.93 [3.62, 4.24] .564 0.16 [–0.38, 0.71]
Unpleasantness
 Self pain 3.60 [3.06, 4.14] 3.85 [3.32, 4.38] .527 0.18 [–0.37, 0.73]
 Self no pain 1.16 [1.01, 1.31] 1.27 [1.01, 1.53] .476 0.20 [–0.35, 0.75]
 Other pain 3.84 [3.34, 4.34] 3.81 [3.20, 4.42] .936 0.02 [–0.53, 0.57]
 Other no pain 1.44 [1.03, 1.85] 1.12 [0.99, 1.25] .137 0.42 [–0.13, 0.98]
Fear
 Self threat 3.36 [2.76, 3.96] 3.65 [3.20, 4.10] .442 0.22 [–0.33, 0.77]
 Self no threat 1.16 [1.01, 1.31] 1.15 [1.01, 1.29] .953 0.02 [–0.53, 0.57]
 Other threat 3.48 [2.94, 4.02] 3.92 [3.47, 4.37] .222 0.35 [–0.21, 0.90]
 Other no threat 1.12 [0.99, 1.25] 1.23 [1.03, 1.43] .367 0.25 [–0.30, 0.80]

Note: For means and effect sizes, 95% confidence intervals are given in brackets. This pattern of results was the same when we controlled for objective pain level.