Table 1 Item Stems for the Constructs...

Table 1

Item Stems for the Constructs Measured in the Present Study

Construct	Item
Forgiveness	1. I would try to forgive them. 2. It would be easy for me to forgive them. 3. I would forgive and forget. 4. I would forgive them if they showed me they were sorry. 5. I would forgive them if I knew they didn’t do it on purpose.
Emotion awareness	1. I can talk about how I am feeling. 2. I pay attention to my feelings. 3. I try to understand my feelings.
Perspective-taking	1. Before I say something bad to someone, I think about how it might make them feel. 2. When I’m upset with someone, I try to understand what they’re thinking. 3. I try to understand people better by putting myself in their shoes.
Humility	1. I am happy for my friends when they win at something. 2. I am willing to tell someone when I do something wrong. 3. It’s okay when someone shows me that I made a mistake. 4. I think all kids have something good about them.
Empathy	1. When I see them crying, I also feel like crying. 2.. When I see them sad, I also feel sad. 3. When I see them upset, I also feel upset. 4. When I see them happy, I also feel happy.
Sympathy	1. When I see someone being teased, I feel sorry for them. 2. I feel sorry for people who don’t have the things I have. 3. I feel sorry for people who are sad.
Caring	1. I care about them if they are treated badly. 2. I care about how they feel. 3. When I see them getting picked on, I want to help them.
Generosity	1. I like to share my things with others. 2. I like to give things to my friends and family. 3. I like to give things to people who need them. 4. I like to help people. 5. When my friends or family are sad, I am extra nice to them. 6. I do good things even when I know I won’t get anything back
Love	1. I feel loved. 2. I feel love for others. 3. I want to make the world a better place to live in. 4. I believe everyone should take care of each other.

Construct	Item
Forgiveness	1. I would try to forgive them. 2. It would be easy for me to forgive them. 3. I would forgive and forget. 4. I would forgive them if they showed me they were sorry. 5. I would forgive them if I knew they didn’t do it on purpose.
Emotion awareness	1. I can talk about how I am feeling. 2. I pay attention to my feelings. 3. I try to understand my feelings.
Perspective-taking	1. Before I say something bad to someone, I think about how it might make them feel. 2. When I’m upset with someone, I try to understand what they’re thinking. 3. I try to understand people better by putting myself in their shoes.
Humility	1. I am happy for my friends when they win at something. 2. I am willing to tell someone when I do something wrong. 3. It’s okay when someone shows me that I made a mistake. 4. I think all kids have something good about them.
Empathy	1. When I see them crying, I also feel like crying. 2.. When I see them sad, I also feel sad. 3. When I see them upset, I also feel upset. 4. When I see them happy, I also feel happy.
Sympathy	1. When I see someone being teased, I feel sorry for them. 2. I feel sorry for people who don’t have the things I have. 3. I feel sorry for people who are sad.
Caring	1. I care about them if they are treated badly. 2. I care about how they feel. 3. When I see them getting picked on, I want to help them.
Generosity	1. I like to share my things with others. 2. I like to give things to my friends and family. 3. I like to give things to people who need them. 4. I like to help people. 5. When my friends or family are sad, I am extra nice to them. 6. I do good things even when I know I won’t get anything back
Love	1. I feel loved. 2. I feel love for others. 3. I want to make the world a better place to live in. 4. I believe everyone should take care of each other.

Note: Forgiveness items were adapted from the Child/Adolescent Dispositional Forgiveness Inventory (Leever, 2006) and the Child Trends (2003) Flourishing Children Project. Emotion awareness items were adapted from the Emotion Expression Scale for Children (Penza-Clyve & Zeman, 2002). Perspective-taking items were adapted from the Thinking and Feeling Scale (Garton & Gringart, 2005). Humility items were created for the Arthur Interactive Media Buddy Project (Bowers et al., 2015). Empathy items were adapted from the Basic Empathy Scale (Jollife & Farrington, 2006). Sympathy items were adapted from the Individual Reactivity Index (IRI; Davis, 1983). Caring items were adapted from the IRI (Davis, 1983). Generosity items were adapted from the Interpersonal Generosity Scale (Smith & Hill, 2009) and the Community Feeling Subscale of Aspiration Index (Kasser & Ryan, 1996). Love items were adapted from the Great LoveCompassion Scale (Warren, 2009) and the functional assessment of chronic illness therapy-spiritual well-being scale (FACIT-Sp-Ex; Brady, Peterman et al., 1999).

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