TABLE 3.
Regression analysis of the mediating effect of empathy.
| Predictor variable | Outcome variable | Goodness of fit index | Regression coefficient | ||
| R 2 | F | β | t | ||
| Authoritarian | AB | 0.16 | 5.59*** | 0.43 | 4.07*** |
| Authoritarian | EQ | 0.12 | 9.32*** | −0.40 | −4.10*** |
| Authoritarian | AB | 0.20 | 5.41*** | 0.43 | 4.06*** |
| EQ | −0.36 | −3.10** | |||
**p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.