Table 1.

Sample demographics, current psychopathology (MINI) and mean scores on measures of empathy (IRI), depression (BDI), trait and state anxiety (STAI), dissociation (DES) and resilience (RS)

	CA group (n = 35)	UC group (n = 31)	P value	Effect size (Cohen’s d)
Demographic information
Age	36.79 (12.04)	36.51 (11.46)	0.92	0.02
Empathy	72.77 (12.45)	64.48 (9.29)	0.003*	0.75
Perspective-taking	19.11 (4.91)	18.03 (3.99)	0.33	0.24
Fantasy	17.54 (5.69)	16.13 (5.64)	0.32	0.25
Empathic concern	21.29 (4.46)	20.10 (4.22)	0.27	0.27
Personal distress	14.83 (4.16)	10.23 (4.46)	<0.001**	1.07
Depression	15.85 (10.71)	5.35 (5.30)	<0.001**	1.23
Trait anxiety	48.51 (9.35)	35.13 (9.22)	<0.001**	1.44
State anxiety	39.71 (8.87)	30.45 (7.22)	<0.001**	1.14
Dissociation	20.58 (12.54)	10.12 (7.73)	0.001*	0.98
Resilience	126.00 (17.58)	138.61 (13.25)	0.002*	0.80
Number of current psychological disorders	2.37 (1.85)	0.32 (0.65)	<0.001**	1.44
Current psychopathology
Mood disorder	15 (42.9%)	2 (6.5%)	<0.001**
Anxiety disorder	22 (62.9%)	3 (9.7%)	<0.001**
PTSD	8 (22.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0.005*
Eating disorder	2 (5.7%)	1 (3.2%)	0.63
Alcohol/substance disorder	0 (0.0%)	2 (6.5%)	0.13
Psychotic disorder	2 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0.18
BPD	12 (34.3%)	0 (0.0%)	<0.001**

^* P < 0.01

^** P < 0.001