Table 2.

Meta-analysis of Key Effect of Emotional Dissonance in Studies 1–3.

Effect of emotional dissonance on DVs of interest	Weighted mean effect size (based on Fisher’s Zr)	SE of the mean effect size	Z	95% CI Upper bound	95% CI Lower bound	Q	df	p-value of Q
Sympathy for others’ feeling (Studies 1, 2A, and 3)	−0.231	0.053	−4.318	−0.126	−0.336	1.324	2	0.516 (n.s.)
Prosocial Behavior (Studies 2A, 2B, and 3)	−0.144	0.043	−3.387	−0.061	−0.228	0.835	2	0.659 (n.s.)