Table 1. Correlations between EQ scores and severity of childhood traumas.

	EQ total	Cognitive Empathy	Affective Empathy	Social Skills
Death	.19**	.15*	.13	.11
Parental upheaval	.20*	.10	.20**	.09
Sexual abuse	.18	.09	.26*	.08
Violence	.27*	.08	.10	.25*
Other	.24*	.10	.23*	.06

Note: Cell entries are zero-order correlations between severity of childhood traumas and self-rated empathy scores. Ns = 188 (Death); 163 (Parental upheaval); 86 (Sexual abuse); 69 (Violence); and 107 (Other).

*p < .05

** p < .01.