Table 1.
Description of the Results in Three Conditions
| Quality | Attributes | Recommendation | Overall | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M (SD) | F-value | M (SD) | F-value | M (SD) | F-value | M (SD) | F-value | ||
| Initial | COSS | 73.48 (10.65) | 2.287 | 3.02 (0.58) | 0.934 | 3.62 (1.43) | 1.093 | 61.49 (11.76) | 1.274 |
| CODS | 69.31 (8.69) | 2.90 (0.59) | 3.45 (1.29) | 59.42 (10.86) | |||||
| Neutral | 70.16 (12.30) | 2.86 (0.69) | 3.24 (1.22) | 58.82 (12.67) | |||||
| Final | COSS | 79.35 (9.74) | 10.16*** | 3.53 (0.57) | 10.64*** | 4.50 (1.17) | 7.214*** | 71.14 (10.78) | 12.19*** |
| CODS | 71.88 (10.69) | 3.09 (0.66) | 3.97 (1.24) | 63.51 (11.53) | |||||
| Neutral | 70.88 (11.24) | 2.98 (0.71) | 3.55 (1.43) | 59.88 (13.41) | |||||
| Difference | COSS | 5.87 (7.08) | 8.773*** | 0.504 (0.48) | 12.96*** | 0.88 (1.03) | 5.04** | 9.66 (9.17) | 14.13*** |
| CODS | 2.58 (6.17) | 0.188 (0.42) | 0.53 (0.93) | 4.09 (7.04) | |||||
| Neutral | 0.72 (5.73) | 0.11 (0.35) | 0.31 (0.79) | 1.06 (6.10) | |||||
Notes: The values are means (standard deviations). The overall evaluation is scored on a 0 to 100 scale; the quality score is scored on a 0 to 100 scale; the attributes score is scored on a 1 to 5 scale; the recommendation score is scored on a 1 to 7 scale. “Initial” indicates the participants’ first evaluation score. “Final” indicates the participants’ second evaluation score. “Difference” indicates the difference score that the final score minus the initial score. “Neutral” indicates neutral emotion. **p < 0.01. ***p < 0.001.
Abbreviations: M, mean; SD, standard deviation; COSS, compassion for other’s survival in suffering; CODS, compassion for other’s development in suffering.