The first hypothesis was there would be significant differences between the groups on whether J--- would be found guilty.
We found that people were les slikely to find J--- guilty if the performed the action because of low self-contorl caused by TBI versus any other reason.
probit guilty i.tbi
Iteration 0: log likelihood = -129.53534
Iteration 1: log likelihood = -118.22468
Iteration 2: log likelihood = -117.89032
Iteration 3: log likelihood = -117.88882
Iteration 4: log likelihood = -117.88882
Probit regression Number of obs = 376
LR chi2(3) = 23.29
Prob > chi2 = 0.0000
Log likelihood = -117.88882 Pseudo R2 = 0.0899
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guilty | Coef. Std. Err. z P>|z| [95% Conf. Interval]
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tbi |
1 | -1.167782 .2885333 -4.05 0.000 -1.733297 -.6022674
2 | -.4296939 .3171776 -1.35 0.175 -1.051351 .1919628
3 | -.5136041 .3131396 -1.64 0.101 -1.127346 .1001382
|
_cons | 1.867329 .2519018 7.41 0.000 1.37361 2.361047
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Afterwards, we tested whether people would recommend the 'harsher' punishment of prison over probation:
We found that participants overwhelmingly recommended prison over probation. In cases of low self-contorl from TBI, they were significnatly less likely to suggest prison.
probit prison i.tbi
Iteration 0: log likelihood = -245.47736
Iteration 1: log likelihood = -229.83839
Iteration 2: log likelihood = -229.75616
Iteration 3: log likelihood = -229.75616
Probit regression Number of obs = 376
LR chi2(3) = 31.44
Prob > chi2 = 0.0000
Log likelihood = -229.75616 Pseudo R2 = 0.0640
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prison | Coef. Std. Err. z P>|z| [95% Conf. Interval]
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tbi |
1 | -1.029969 .2052034 -5.02 0.000 -1.43216 -.6277775
2 | -.1388954 .1826613 -0.76 0.447 -.496905 .2191142
3 | -.171668 .183941 -0.93 0.351 -.5321857 .1888497
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_cons | -.0646488 .1273515 -0.51 0.612 -.3142531 .1849554
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These results were the same whether 'guilty' was in the model.
probit prison i.tbi i.guilty
Iteration 0: log likelihood = -245.47736
Iteration 1: log likelihood = -225.79176
Iteration 2: log likelihood = -225.49487
Iteration 3: log likelihood = -225.49399
Iteration 4: log likelihood = -225.49399
Probit regression Number of obs = 376
LR chi2(4) = 39.97
Prob > chi2 = 0.0000
Log likelihood = -225.49399 Pseudo R2 = 0.0814
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prison | Coef. Std. Err. z P>|z| [95% Conf. Interval]
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tbi |
1 | -.9167714 .2105063 -4.36 0.000 -1.329356 -.5041866
2 | -.1052928 .1839191 -0.57 0.567 -.4657676 .2551819
3 | -.1336701 .1856696 -0.72 0.472 -.4975757 .2302356
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guilty |
Yes | .7958777 .2924033 2.72 0.006 .2227779 1.368978
_cons | -.8401287 .3136956 -2.68 0.007 -1.454961 -.2252967
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Finally, we tested whether people would recommend longer sentences. This will be done by running an ANOVA on sentence length, with HSD and Bonferroni-corrected post-hoc tests.
There was no difference in the duration of prison/probation sentences.
Tests of Between-Subjects Effects
Dependent Variable: You recommended prison, this assault and battery is punishable by between 0-60 months in prison....-months in prison
Source Type III Sum of Squares df Mean Square F Sig.
Corrected Model 1392.659a 3 464.220 1.297 .275
Intercept 391544.199 1 391544.199 1093.873 .000
tbi 1392.659 3 464.220 1.297 .275
Error 133154.745 372 357.943
Total 525998.000 376
Corrected Total 134547.404 375
a R Squared = .010 (Adjusted R Squared = .002)
To test for differences in participant's beliefs about effort and the 'true self', we ran a path analysis on the two variables, allowing them to correlate, using WLSMV estimator due to the fact that they are ordered categorical variables, testing for whether there are differences between the three groups.
STDYX Standardization
Two-Tailed
Estimate S.E. Est./S.E. P-Value
SELFCONT ON
TBIGROUP 0.001 0.061 0.016 0.987
GENESGROUP 0.078 0.063 1.233 0.217
BORNGROUP -0.027 0.061 -0.437 0.662
TRUESELF ON
TBIGROUP 0.349 0.054 6.460 0.000
GENESGROUP 0.083 0.061 1.366 0.172
BORNGROUP 0.037 0.062 0.598 0.550
TBIGROUP WITH
GENESGROUP 0.000 0.000 0.000 1.000
BORNGROUP 0.000 0.000 0.000 1.000
GENESGRO WITH
BORNGROUP 0.000 0.000 0.000 1.000
TRUESELF WITH
SELFCONTRO 0.248 0.057 4.341 0.000
Means
TBIGROUP 0.581 0.035 16.827 0.000
GENESGROUP 0.565 0.034 16.453 0.000
BORNGROUP 0.573 0.034 16.642 0.000
Intercepts
SELFCONTRO 1.935 0.119 16.266 0.000
TRUESELF 2.175 0.160 13.560 0.000
Finally, as a test of the 'meatbag model', we ran an ANOVA on the total dualism score of the 5 items with an ANOVA on dualism, with HSD and Bonferroni-corrected post-hoc tests. This showed no differences in participants' belief about dualism as a result of the manipulation.
Tests of Between-Subjects Effects
Dependent Variable: dualism
Source Type III Sum of Squares df Mean Square F Sig.
Corrected Model 55.615a 3 18.538 .342 .795
Intercept 210127.640 1 210127.640 3877.179 .000
tbi 55.615 3 18.538 .342 .795
Error 20160.915 372 54.196
Total 230361.000 376
Corrected Total 20216.529 375
a R Squared = .003 (Adjusted R Squared = -.005)