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. 2013 Mar 22;4:69. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00069

Table 3.

Trait empathy.

Participant Measure
IRI
EQ
QMET EC
PT EC FS PD Total Cog Emot Soc Total Total
1846 Patient Raw 16 19 7 19 47 11 14 6 36 2.93
z −.40 −.70 −2.27 1.34 −.39 2.33 3.95 −.16 −.38 −1.46
Family Raw 7 16 2 19 25 2 5 4 16 2.47
z −2.26 −1.48 −3.24 1.34 −2.78 −2.67 −.79 −.96 −1.33 −2.31
NC Raw 24 22 14 16 51 13 10 9 83 3.00
Z 1.25 .09 −.92 .74 .04 3.44 1.84 1.04 1.86 −1.33
P–F score 9 3 5 0 22 9 9 2 20 .46
2363 Patient Raw 17 19 21 12 42 11 7 5 17 2.53
z .05 −.01 .94 .56 .07 3.39 .72 −.40 −.27 −1.60
Family Raw 16 25 13 16 29 4 9 3 20 2.20
z −.17 1.42 −.49 1.44 −1.22 −.50 1.41 −1.20 −.14 −2.23
NC Raw 21 24 19 11 55 10 14 5 86 3.53
z .89 1.18 .58 .34 1.36 2.83 3.14 −.40 2.86 .33
P–F score 1 −6 8 −4 13 7 −2 2 −3 .33
2563 Patient Raw 11 23 7 1 51 9 12 10 14 2.13
z −1.22 .94 −1.56 −1.86 .96 2.28 2.45 1.60 −.41 −2.37
NC Raw 21 23 25 22 59 12 16 8 53 2.93
z .89 .94 1.66 2.76 1.75 3.94 3.83 .80 1.36 −.83
HC M 14.67 20.33 11.67 10.67 46.67 10.33 11.00 7.00 22.33 2.53
GRP SD 3.21 2.31 8.08 9.07 4.51 1.15 3.61 2.65 11.93 .40
NC M 22.00 23.00 19.33 16.33 55.00 11.67 13.33 7.33 74.00 3.15
GRP SD 1.73 1.00 5.51 5.51 4.00 1.53 3.06 2.08 18.25 .33

HC GRP, group of patients with hippocampal damage; NC GRP, group of normal healthy comparison participants; NC, each normal, healthy comparison participant matched to a particular patient; Raw, raw sum score on each questionnaire; Z, standardized score on each questionnaire based upon the mean and standard deviation of a normative control sample from the literature; P–F score, Patient–Family member raw score on questionnaire; IRI, Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI); PT, Perspective-Taking Subscale of IRI; EC, Empathic Concern subscale of IRI; FS, Fantasy subscale of IRI; PD, Personal Distress Subscale of IRI; EQ, Empathy Quotient; Sum, total score on EQ; Cog, Cognitive Empathy Factor of EQ; Emot, Emotional Reactivity Factor of EQ; Soc, Social Skills Factor of EQ; QMET, Questionnaire Measure of Empathic Tendency; EC, Emotion Contagion Scale.