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. 2023 Nov 18;13:20190. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-47288-1

Table 1.

Questionnaire of self-assessed empathy on video content.

Questionnaire Component of empathy
1 I understood the video’s portrayed emotion Cognitive empathy
2 I understood the characters’ needs Cognitive empathy
3 I understood how the characters were feeling Cognitive empathy
4 I felt as if the events in the video could happen to me Cognitive empathy
5 I understood the situation of the video Cognitive empathy
6 I understood the characters’ motivation for their actions Cognitive empathy
7 People like myself can sympathize with the video Identification
8 I empathized with the message of the video Identification
9 I felt as if the character’s feelings were similar to my past feelings Identification
10 I felt as if the character’s needs were similar to my past needs Identification
11 The events in the video were similar to my experience Identification
12 I felt as if a similar situation could happen to me Identification
13 I felt as if I was experiencing the events in the video Identification
14 I felt as if the events in the video were happening to me Affective empathy
15 I felt as if I was in the same situation Affective empathy
16 I felt as if I was in the middle of the situation Affective empathy
17 I felt as if the characters’ feelings were my own Affective empathy
18 I felt as if I were one of the characters Affective empathy
19 I experienced similar feelings as a character Affective empathy