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. 2019 Mar 19;13:94. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2019.00094

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Copyright © 2019 Knight, Stoica, Fogleman and Depue.

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Behavioral results. Empathy demonstrated a significant positive indirect relationship with anxiety, through inconsistent mediation of worry. These effects were observed bidirectionally. Empathy also revealed a positive indirect relationship with anxiety through worry and rumination. TEQ, Toronto Empathy Questionnaire; PSWQ, Penn State Worry Questionnaire; RRS, Ruminative Responses Scale; STAI, State Trait Anxiety Inventory.