Table 2. Descriptive statistics including intercorrelations of study variables (Study 2, N = 249 Amazon mTurk).
| M | SD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Motivation Variables | (1) Basic Empathy | 3.57 | 0.53 | - | |||||||||||
| (2) Need for Closure | 3.96 | 0.53 | .24** | - | |||||||||||
| (3) Need for Cognition | 3.38 | 0.84 | .14* | -.20** | - | ||||||||||
| (4) Death Anxiety | 3.73 | 1.45 | -.09 | .15* | -.43** | - | |||||||||
| Moral Intuition Variables | (5) Avoidance of Harm | 4.70 | 0.87 | .40** | .13* | .13* | -.03 | - | |||||||
| (6) Fairness Concerns | 4.81 | 0.86 | .35** | .13* | .26** | -.11 | .63** | - | |||||||
| (7) Ingroup Loyalty | 3.78 | 0.94 | -.04 | .07 | -.03 | .14* | .16** | .15* | - | ||||||
| (8) Obedience to Authority | 3.73 | 1.00 | -.04 | .23** | -.22** | .07 | .02 | .01 | .61** | - | |||||
| (9) Purity Concerns | 3.67 | 1.22 | -.16** | .15* | -.23** | .19** | .07 | .05 | .47** | .69** | - | ||||
| (10) Humanizing Concerns | 4.75 | 0.78 | .42** | .14* | .21** | -.07 | .91** | .90** | .17** | .02 | .07 | - | |||
| (11) Binding Concerns | 3.72 | 0.90 | -.10 | .18** | -.19** | .16* | .10 | .08 | .79** | .90** | .87** | .10 | - | ||
| Ideology | (12) Economic SJ | 4.52 | 1.32 | -.24** | .07 | -.16* | .13* | -.36** | -.33** | .31** | .42** | .31** | -.38** | .40** | - |
| (13) Liberalism-Conservatism | 4.51 | 2.24 | -.12 | .10 | -.09 | .02 | -.23** | -.21** | .33** | .52** | .38** | -.24** | .48** | .50** |
Note. SJ = Systemic Justification
**. Correlation is significant at the .01 level (2-tailed).
*. Correlation is significant at the .05 level (2-tailed).