Table 3.

Moderating Effect of Gender on the Correlation Between Empathy and Emotion Regulation Ability

Independent Variable	Equation 1 (Emotion Regulation Ability)		Equation 2 (Interpersonal Distress)
	β	T	β	T
Age	0.01	0.14	0.03	1.48
Empathy	0.34	7.52***	0.18	4.56***
Gender	0.29	4.20***
Empathy × Gender	0.15	2.14*
Emotion regulation ability			−0.28	−7.27***
R2	0.17		0.08
F	37.28***		19.75***

Notes: *p < 0.05, ***p < 0.001.