Table 3.

Means and standard deviations for the self-reported empathic abilities using the German version of the Interpersonal Reactivity Index.

	SZP	BDP	MDP	CON
SPF fantasy	12.0 (3.0)	14.8 (3.5)	13.8 (3.8)	14.9 (3.1)
SPF perspective taking	14.9 (2.5)	12.0 (3.6)	15.7 (2.1)	15.6 (1.6)
SPF empathic concern	14.7 (2.8)	13.7 (2.7)	15.8 (2.5)	15.4 (1.9)
SPF personal distress	11.9 (2.4)	11.6 (2.8)	11.8 (3.2)	9.8 (2.4)
SPF empathy	42.8 (7.2)	40.6 (8.1)	45.3 (5.6)	45.9 (4.5)
SPF total	30.9 (7.4)	28.8 (8.7)	33.5 (5.5)	36.0 (5.3)

Note: SPF = Saarbrückener Persönlichkeitsfragebogen by Paulus (2009) (German version of Interpersonal Reactivity Index, IRI, Davis, 1983).