Update 1/3

The first phase of the study is complete! I found that empathy is associated with positive impressions. However, this was not a difference in experimental groups. This suggests that individual differences in empathy are associated with positive impressions, but the experimental manipulation of empathy did not increase positive impressions.

I am redesigning and rerunning the study with this information. The new study will add a compassion meditation intervention. I will get you a more thorough write up of the results after the next iteration. Thank you for your support!