Contemplatives

Non-Contemplatives

M (SD)

M (SD)

t

Survivor Guilt

70.0 (9.91)

68.3 (11.1)

3.11^**

Separation Guilt

34.8 (7.67)

37.6 (8.78)

−6.33^***

Omnipotence Guilt

44.5 (7.92)

47.5 (8.02)

−7.52^***

Perspective Taking

26.2 (4.58)

25.3 (4.89)

3.47^**

Empathic Concern

28.6 (3.87)

27.8 (4.27)

3.69^***

Empathic Distress

15.6 (4.96)

17.3 (5.32)

−6.10^***

Altruism-Family

172.4 (29.4)

170.5 (32.0)

1.13

Altruism-Friends

167.5 (25.5)

174.1 (28.1)

−4.58^***

Altruism-Strangers

100.8 (30.5)

91.7 (31.8)

5.71^***

CESD

12.5 (10.7)

21.5 (13.1)

−6.64^***

Extraversion

25.8 (6.72)

25.6 (7.11)

0.71

Agreeableness

36.0 (5.09)

33.4 (5.60)

9.06^***

Conscientiousness

34.5 (6.00)

31.3 (6.52)

10.05^***

Neuroticism

21.5 (6.74)

25.2 (6.65)

−10.62^***

Openness

40.8 (5.93)

39.3 (6.22)

4.83^***

GFP

121.7 (19.6)

110.4 (19.6)

10.99^***