Professionals (n = 38) | Nonprofessionals (n = 115) | Study 1 Experimenters-post | ||||
Mood states | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD |
STAI scores | 47.68 | 7.24 | 49.81 | 8.27 | 47.73 | 9.25 |
Professionals | Nonprofessionals |
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Reasons | Frequency | Proportion | Frequency | Proportion |
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Feel sorry and empathize | 23 | 58.97% | 82 | 64.06% |
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Concerns about experimental failure | 13 | 33.33% | 4 | 3.13% | ||
Difficulty to conduct an experiment | 10 | 25.64% | 26 | 20.31% |
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