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. 2021 Mar 5;12:562269. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.562269

TABLE 2.

Results of comparing two groups on MEOS, PPI-SF, and IRI-C.

Fraudster Control t p Cohen’s d
N = 34 N = 31
MEOS
Enhance 52.73 (9.63) 53.32 (9.37) 0.25 0.80 0.06
Worsen 29.55 (9.72) 34.58 (5.93) 2.54 0.01 0.62
Conceal 22.11 (4.48) 22.68 (3.44) 0.56 0.58 0.14
Inauthentic 25.85 (8.44) 32.74 (6.66) 3.63 < 0.01 0.91
Poor skills 26.14 (4.30) 26.87 (3.78) 0.72 0.47 0.18
Divert 24.82 (4.35) 26.07 (4.61) 1.12 0.27 0.28
Non_Prosocial 55.41 (17.55) 67.32 (11.39) 3.21 < 0.01 0.81
Prosocial 77.55 (12.75) 79.39 (12.96) 0.57 0.57 0.14
MEOS total 162.14 (36.64) 196.26 (19.30) 4.75 < 0.001 1.17
PPI-SF
Blame 12.91 (3.18) 15.80 (3.19) 3.65 < 0.01 0.91
Social 17.52 (3.44) 16.29 (2.26) 0.96 0.34 0.42
Machiavellian 15.20 (3.75) 16.93 (3.37) 1.95 0.06 0.49
Fearlessness 15.35 (3.46) 19.41 (3.80) 4.51 < 0.001 0.12
Impulsive 14.11 (3.17) 16.22 (3.01) 2.74 < 0.01 0.68
Stress 17.64 (3.02) 17.09 (2.35) 0.81 0.42 0.20
Carefree 18.76 (4.94) 14.51 (2.70) 4.24 < 0.001 1.07
Coldheartedness 21.85 (7.07) 16.67 (2.21) 3.90 < 0.001 0.99
Factor 1 50.52 (7.06) 53.35 (3.77) 2.04 0.05 0.50
Factor 2 61.00 (11.84) 63.48 (7.68) 0.99 0.33 0.25
PPI-SF total score 133.32 (18.82) 133.64 (9.95) 0.09 0.93 0.02
IRI-C
EC 16.56 (3.24) 16.94 (3.27) 0.47 0.64 0.12
PT 17.47 (3.59) 15.81 (2.94) 2.03 0.05 0.51
FS 12.79 (5.57) 14.29 (3.80) 1.25 0.22 0.31
PD 14.97 (4.48) 15.94 (3.29) 0.98 0.33 0.25
IRI-C total 61.85 (12.72) 62.97 (7.73) 348.5 0.44 0.68

PT, perspective-taking scale; FS, fantasy scale; EC, empathic concern scale; PD, personal distress scale.