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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Aug 31.
Published in final edited form as: J Soc Psychol. 2005 Dec;145(6):673–685. doi: 10.3200/SOCP.145.6.673-686

TABLE 2.

Gender Differences in Levels of Empathy and Forgiveness

Men (n = 45)
Women (n = 82)
Dependent variable M SD M SD F(1, 125) p
Empathy 42.08 23.53 62.55 24.06 21.36 < .001
Forgiving affect 75.63 25.67 74.47 26.75 < 1 ns
Forgiving behavior 85.10 23.17 86.35 23.01 < 1 ns
Forgiving cognition 89.90 25.78 91.60 23.61 < 1 ns