TABLE 5.

Factor loadings for the two-factor (affective empathy: EC+PD; cognitive empathy: PT) bi-factor model (M_6c).

Items of the IRI	General factor	PT	EC+PD	Item ECV
6	0.21	0.47		0.16
9	0.40	0.49		0.39
15	0.41	0.49		0.42
19	0.24	0.62		0.14
22	0.23	0.53		0.15
1	0.62		0.17	0.93
2	0.53		−0.03	1.00
7	0.51		0.16	0.91
11	0.42		−0.02	1.00
14	0.43		<0.01	1.00
16	0.53		0.24	0.83
4	0.12		0.62	0.04
8	0.12		0.58	0.04
13	0.07		0.73	0.01
18	−0.16		0.62	0.06
21	−0.14		0.47	0.08

PT, perspective taking; EC, empathic concern, including items 1, 2, 7, 11, 14, 16; PD, personal distress including items 4, 8, 13, 18, 21; ECV, explained common variance; boldface font indicates the factor loadings above 0.30 or item ECVs above 0.80.