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. 2020 Sep 17;11:538165. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.538165

TABLE 3.

Study 1 regression analyses predicting altruistic giving to strangers.

Step 1
Step 2
Covariate Covariate Compassionate goals
b β 95%CI p R2 b β 95%CI p b β 95%CI p ΔR2
Covariates entered in separate analyses
Compassionate love 0.42 0.48 [0.36, 0.48] <0.001 0.23 0.37 0.42 [0.30, 0.44] <0.001 0.15 0.13 [0.07, 0.25] 0.002 0.01
Communal orientation 0.40 0.30 [0.29, 0.50] <0.001 0.09 0.24 0.18 [0.12, 0.36] <0.001 0.28 0.23 [0.17, 0.38] <0.001 0.04
Communion 0.31 0.27 [0.22, 0.40] <0.001 0.07 0.13 0.11 [0.03, 0.24] 0.016 0.28 0.24 [0.17, 0.39] <0.001 0.05
Unmitigated communion 0.38 0.33 [0.29, 0.47] <0.001 0.11 0.26 0.23 [0.17, 0.36] <0.001 0.26 0.22 [0.16, 0.36] <0.001 0.04
Empathic concern 0.29 0.31 [0.22, 0.36) <0.001 0.09 0.17 0.18 [0.09, 0.25] <0.001 0.24 0.21 [0.14, 0.35] <0.001 0.04
Covariates included in a single analysis
Compassionate love 0.39 0.44 [0.30, 0.48] <0.001 0.24 0.37 0.43 [0.28, 0.46] <0.001 0.01
Communal orientation 0.05 0.04 [−0.09, 0.20] 0.456 0.03 0.02 [−0.11, 0.17] 0.704
Communion 0.02 0.01 [−0.10, 0.13] 0.795 −0.02 −0.02 [−0.14, 0.10] 0.767
Unmitigated communion 0.09 0.08 [−0.01, 0.20] 0.083 0.08 0.07 [−0.03, 0.18] 0.167
Empathic concern −0.06 −0.06 [−0.17, 0.05] 0.292 −0.07 −0.07 [−0.17, 0.04] 0.202
Compassionate goals 0.15 0.13 [0.05, 0.26] 0.005

N = 571 for all analyses.