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