Table 6.
Correlations between mean identification and moral approval ratings for each character.
Play | Character | Spearman r | Effect size (r2) | N§ | p |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Antigone | Antigone | 0.662 | 0.44 | 82 | <0.001 |
Ismene | 0.439 | 0.19 | 83 | <0.001 | |
Creon | 0.296 | 0.09 | 82 | 0.007 | |
Lear | Lear | 0.350 | 0.13 | 82 | 0.001 |
Cordelia | 0.609 | 0.37 | 83 | <0.001 | |
Goneril | 0.177 | 0.03 | 82 | 0.112 | |
Gloucester | 0.445 | 0.20 | 83 | <0.001 | |
Edmund | 0.188 | 0.04 | 83 | 0.089 |
Sample sizes vary slightly because one participant did not answer all questions.