Table 2.
Mean (SD) | Happiness | Neutral | Anger | Disgust | Sadness | Fear | |
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Self-reflectivity | 5.07 (1.48) | 0.31* | 0.45** | 0.26* | 0.45** | 0.33* | 0.28* |
Understanding of others' minds | 2.96 (0.80) | 0.15 | 0.23 | 0.08 | 0.29* | 0.33* | 0.28* |
Decentration | 0.53 (0.43) | 0.29* | 0.32* | 0.06 | 0.33* | 0.22 | 0.2 |
Mastery | 4.30 (1.69) | 0.17 | 0.21 | 0.24 | 0.33* | 0.24 | 0.19 |
Note. ** Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed). * Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed). Analyses reported above used composite emotion variables; that is, performance on each emotion was collapsed across tasks. Higher scores on the Derntl paradigm empathy tasks and the MAS-A domains represent better empathic performance and better metacognition, respectively.