Table 5.

Means and standard deviations for the BES self- and parent-report split by gender.

Informant	Scale	Boys		Girls		Total
		M	SD	M	SD	M	SD
Child	Cognitive empathy	3.89	0.60	3.89	0.65	3.89	0.63
	Affective empathy	2.98	0.72	3.23	0.64	3.10	0.69
Parent	Cognitive empathy	4.15	0.52	4.15	0.50	4.15	0.51
	Affective empathy	3.85	0.60	3.91	0.58	3.88	0.59