TABLE 6.
Model path coefficients.
| (M) | Original sample (O) | Mean | Standard deviation (STDEV) |
T statistic (|O/STDEV|) |
P-value |
| Affective bias mediates → Cognitive bias | 0.396 | 0.396 | 0.05 | 7.958 | 0 |
| Affective empathy → Cognitive bias | 0.311 | 0.306 | 0.069 | 4.509 | 0 |
| Self-affirmation → Affective bias mediates | 0.656 | 0.656 | 0.047 | 14.067 | 0 |
| Self-affirmation → Affective empathy | 0.757 | 0.756 | 0.042 | 17.832 | 0 |
| Self-affirmation → Cognitive empathy | 0.722 | 0.722 | 0.045 | 16.071 | 0 |
| Cognitive empathy → Cognitive bias | 0.206 | 0.213 | 0.078 | 2.652 | 0.008 |