Study 1 dataset (Empathy and utilitarian choice in sacrificial dilemmas)

Article title: Turning off the empathy switch: Lower empathic concern for the victim leads to utilitarian choices of action STUDY1 Participants Valid: N = 275 Measures: 1) Utilitarian choices of action in a) footbridge and b) raftboat dilemmas: - 4-point scale, ranging from 0 to 3. - 0 (definitely no) to 3 (definitely yes) - Higher scores indicate more utilitarian 2) Other-focused and self-focused empathy: - Participants were asked to rate the extent to which they were feeling emotions after reading a dilemma scenario - 5 emotion adjectives reflecting other-focused empathy (i.e., empathic conner) - 5 emotion adjectives reflecting self-focused empathy (i.e., personal distress) - 7-point scale, ranging from 1 to 7. - 1 (not at all) to 7 (extremely) - Higher scores indicate that the respondent felt more other-focused/self-focused empathy in response to the dilemma论文标题：关闭共情开关：对受害者的共情关怀程度降低会引发功利性行为选择 研究1 有效参与者：N=275 测量指标： 1) 功利性行为选择：在a)天桥困境（footbridge dilemma）与b)筏艇困境（raftboat dilemma）中采用0至3分的4级计分量表评定，计分范围为0（绝对不会）至3（绝对会），得分越高代表功利性倾向越强。 2) 他人指向共情与自我指向共情（other-focused and self-focused empathy）：要求参与者对阅读困境情境后的情绪感受程度进行评分，其中包含5个反映他人指向共情的情绪形容词（即共情关注(empathic concern)，原文拼写为empathic conner，应为笔误），以及5个反映自我指向共情的情绪形容词（即个人痛苦(personal distress)）；采用1至7分的7级计分量表，计分范围为1（完全没有）至7（极其强烈），得分越高代表参与者对该困境产生的他人指向/自我指向共情程度越强。