Table 3.

Descriptive statistics for the Questionnaire of Cognitive and Affective Empathy (QCEA) and its subscales – cognitive empathy (Cog Emp) perspective-taking (PT), online simulation (Sim), affective empathy (Affect Emp), emotion contagion (Emot Con), proximal responsivity (Prox Res) and peripheral responsivity (Periph Res).

	QCAE	Cog Emp			Affect Emp
			PT	Sim		Emot Con	Prox Res	Periph Res
Women Mean (SD)	95.6 (7.5)	59.6 (5.4)	31.9 (3.2)	27.7 (3.0)	35.9 (4.7)	11.9 (2.0)	12.5 (2.0)	11.6 (2.8)
Men Mean (SD)	84.6 (7.6)	55.4 (6.1)	28.8 (4.1)	26.6 (2.4)	29.2 (4.7)	9.0 (3.3)	10.2 (2.4)	10.0 (1.0)
Norms for Women (a)		59.4 (6.3)			36.7 (4.3)
Norms for Men (a)		56.1 (10.5)			32.3 (6.3)

(a) Reported by Reniers et al. (2011) for University students, aged 20–30, n = 925.