TABLE 3.

Empathy differences under different degrees of parental care (n = 994).

Group	n	EC		PT		PD		FS
		Father	Mother	Father	Mother	Father	Mother	Father	Mother
High	268	18.09 ± 3.38	18.18 ± 3.16	9.71 ± 4.42	9.43 ± 4.11	4.60 ± 4.02	4.58 ± 3.90	13.72 ± 4.63	13.39 ± 4.32
Medium	457	16.17 ± 3.24	16.44 ± 3.16	7.81 ± 3.16	7.85 ± 3.57	5.10 ± 3.67	4.75 ± 3.71	12.23 ± 3.28	12.49 ± 3.68
Low	269	15.12 ± 3.33	14.55 ± 3.36	6.95 ± 3.82	7.15 ± 3.72	5.59 ± 4.25	6.20 ± 4.15	12.00 ± 3.39	11.87 ± 3.19
	F	56.18	85.51	39.4	26.2	4.26	15.02	17.85	11.14
	p	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	<0.001	< 0.05	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001

EC represents empathic concern; PT represents perspective taking; PD represents personal distress; and FS represents fantasy.