Table 2.

Mediation of the Effect of Diagnostic Group on Positive Affective Empathy

Mediator	a	b	c′	IE	SE	[95% CI]	ES	κ2
Negative Affect	11.41***	−.004	−.23	−.04	.09	[−.23, .13]	.16	.04
Positive Affect	−7.22***	−.01	−.31**	.05	.05	[−.07, .16]	−.17	.05
Clarity of Emotions	−10.53***	.02**	−.08	−.16*	.06	[−.31, −.06]	.66	.18
Attention to Emotions	0.87	−.004	−.24*	−.004	.01	[−.06, .01]	.01	.005
Interpersonal Perceptions	−0.51	.16**	−.17	−.08*	.05	[−.20, −.002]	.32	.11

Note. Diagnostic group (X) is coded dichotomously (HC = 0, SAD = 1). Positive affective empathy (Y) is the z-transformed correlation between targets’ and participants’ self-ratings of affect. a, b, c′ = unstandardized regression coefficients for paths from X to M, M to Y, and X to Y controlling for M, respectively; IE = indirect effect (a*b) of group on positive affective empathy through mediator; SE = bootstrap standard error; CI = bias corrected bootstrap confidence intervals; ES = effect size ratio of the indirect effect to the total effect (P_M = ab/(ab + c′)).

^*p < .05,

^**p < .01,

^***p < .001.