Table 3.

Comparison of correlations between the original and short versions of the Compassionate Love for Humanity Scale (CLS-H and CLS-H-SF) IRT scores and all other variables in the study

	CLS-H	CSL-H-SF	z	p value
Self-Esteem	.145	.137	0.70	.49
Anxiety-State	−.122	−.122	−0.00	1.00
Playfulness	.347	.338	0.83	.41
Positive Affect	.119	.105	1.21	.22
Negative Affect	−.141	−.140	0.09	.93
Satisfaction with Life	.178	.161	1.49	.069

Note. N = 789. All correlations were significant at p < .01. The z-comparisons were between the correlation coefficients that were calculated using computer software provided by Lee & Preacher [33]