144 Chapter 5 SUPPLEMENT S5.1-B Overview results pilot study empathy task The sentences were categorized and matched per stimulus type (n = 35) . Physically unpleasant Socially unpleasant Physically vs. socially unpleasant 1 Mean (SD) (n = 8) (n = 8) t df p Negativity of events 6.81 (2.01) 7.05 (1.59) -1.56 558 .119 How negative do you feel? 6.19 (2.35) 6.67 (1.86) -2.68 558 .007 How does the other feel? 7.26 (1.69) 7.35 (1.46) -0.67 558 .505 Empathizablity 2 6.60 (1.85) 6.58 (1.89) 0.14 558 .892 Letter count 26.75 (2.96) 27.50 (2.67) -0.53 14 .603 Word count 5.00 (.54) 5.13 (.99) -0.31 14 .758 Syllable count 7.88 (1.13) 7.88 (1.25) 0 14 1.000 Note. Thirty-five adult participants (n = 7 males and n = 28 females; mean age = 24.52; SD = 3.18) participated in the pilot study. They reported how negative they experienced the events described by the sentences in general, how they would feel in case they would experience the situations themselves, how they think their loved-one would feel when experiencing the situations (9-point Likert scale, 1 = not negative at all, 9 = very negative), and how vividly they could imagine and empathize with the situation each sentence described (empathizability, 1 = not at all, 9 = very much). Final composition and matching of physically and socially unpleasant sentences used in the task was based on the original Dutch sentences. 1 p-values obtained using independent samples t-tests comparisons between physically and socially unpleasant sentences. 2 Empathizability is the extent to which participants were able to vividly imagine and empathize with the situation each sentence described.
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