Table 3 Multilevel full-factorial model testing the effects of the vignette’s disgust and harm level, individual differences in disgust sensitivity, and professional expertise (yes/no) on continuous ratings (1 = totally disagree to 7 = totally agree) criminalization of behavior.

From: An empirical investigation of emotion and the criminal law: towards a “criminalization bias”?

 

Model 3

 

b (SE)

t

df

p

(95% CI)

Criminalization–Continuous

     

Disgust

3.65 (0.06)

63.35

3593.08

<0.001

(3.53, 3.77)

Harm

2.56 (0.06)

44.46

3593.79

<0.001

(2.45, 2.68)

Disgust Sensitivity (DS)

0.01 (0.04)

0.13

4744.45

0.90

(−0.08, 0.08)

Expertize

−0.08 (0.15)

−0.55

4744.42

0.58

(−0.39, 0.23)

Disgust x Harm

−0.62 (0.08)

−7.60

3594.25

<0.001

(−0.79, −0.46)

Disgust X DS

0.47 (0.06)

8.24

3592.52

<0.001

(0.36, 0.58)

Harm X DS

0.15 (0.06)

2.62

3592.93

0.01

(0.04, 0.27)

Disgust X Expertise

−0.29 (0.21)

−1.40

3592.33

0.16

(−0.70, 0.14)

Harm X Expertise

−0.47 (0.21)

−2.24

3592.38

0.03

(−0.88, −0.04)

DS X Expertise

0.08 (0.17)

0.45

4744.42

0.66

(−0.25, 0.39)

Disgust X Harm X DS

−0.63 (0.08)

−7.72

3592.97

<0.001

(−0.79, −0.45)

Disgust X Harm X Expertise

0.94 (0.29)

3.19

3592.41

0.001

(0.31, 1.53)

Disgust X DS X Expertise

0.04 (0.23)

−0.17

3592.28

0.86

(−0.52, 0.39)

Harm X DS X Expertise

0.25 (0.23)

1.07

3592.30

0.28

(−0.20, 0.77)

Disgust X Harm X DS X Expertise

−0.28 (0.33)

−0.83

3592.31

0.41

(−0.88, 0.39)

  1. df degrees of freedom, CI confidence interval.
  2. Bold values identify statistical significance p ≤ 0.05.