Table 4.
Correlations between empathic behaviour and emotional reactivity
| |
Peak amplitude
|
Peak latency
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Familiar | Unfamiliar | Familiar | Unfamiliar | |
|
ASD group |
|
|
|
|
| EmQue total |
.06 (.03) |
-.09 (-.11) |
-.20 (-.19) |
-.20 (-.19) |
| †Emotional contagion |
-.33 (-.29) |
-.20 (-.17) |
-.11 (-.12) |
.43 (.41) |
| †#Attention |
.18 (.12) |
-.07 (-.11) |
-.17 (-.17) |
-.25 (-.22) |
| †Prosocial behaviour |
.21 (.17) |
-.03 (.004) |
-.18 (-.18) |
-.55* (-.53*) |
|
TD group |
|
|
|
|
| EmQue total |
-.14 (-.15) |
-.34 (-.35) |
.16 (.16) |
-.29 (-.29) |
| †Emotional contagion |
.12 (.12) |
-.28 (-.29) |
.28 (.26) |
-.33 (-.32) |
| †#Attention |
-.19 (-.19) |
-.44* (-.44*) |
-.004 (.000) |
-.06 (-.06) |
| †Prosocial behaviour | -.32 (-.33) | -.08 (-.08) | .09 (.09) | -.30 (-.30) |
This table shows the Pearson correlations (two-tailed) between everyday empathic behaviour (EmQue scores) and emotional reactivity as indexed by peak amplitude (familiar, unfamiliar) and peak latency (familiar, unfamiliar, across familiarity conditions). The r-values for partial correlations, controlling for the effect of cognitive ability (MSEL standard score), are in parentheses, and r-values outside parentheses are without controlling for this effect. † EmQue sub-scales, # Attention to Others’ Feelings, *P ≤ .05. Significant correlations are in bold.