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. 2020 Feb 3;11:13. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00013

TABLE 3.

Significant results of mediation analysis (Model 4 of Process macro) testing the effects of outcome (IV), emotions and beliefs (mediators), and gender (covariate) on the offer (DV) in the Ultimatum Game.

Ultimatum Game

Model summary R-sq F df p
0.382 10.896 8,141 0.000

Model B t p CI

Constant 6.050 5.904 0.000 [4.025; 8.077]
Positive outcome −1.006 −1.703 0.091 [−2.173; 0.162]
Negative outcome 0.889 1.487 0.139 [−0.293; 2.071]
Desire to keep as much of the available budget as possible −0.600 −5.705 0.000 [−0.807; −0.392]
Empathy 0.016 0.123 0.902 [−0.234; 0.265]
Fear that too low an offer would be rejected 0.238 2.235 0.027 [0.027; 0.449]
Sense of fairness 0.285 2.495 0.014 [0.059; 0.512]
Thinking that it would be convenient for the other participant to accept any offer 0.030 0.324 0.747 [−0.156; 0.217]
Gender 0.308 0.651 0.516 [−0.628; 1.245]

Total effects of IV on DV (R-sq = 0.131; F = 7.345; df = 3,146; p < 0.001):

B t p CI

Constant 5.901 10.678 0.000 [4.809; 6.993]
Positive outcome −1.660 −2.478 0.014 [−2.984; −0.336]
Negative outcome 1.482 2.212 0.028 [0.158; 2.806]
Gender 0.113 0.207 0.836 [−0.968; 1.195]

Significant relative indirect effect of IV on DV through: Desire to keep as much of the available budget as possible

Effect CI

Positive outcome −0.1559 [−0.808; 0.431]
Negative outcome 0.656 [0.043; 1.400]