TABLE 4.

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

Group	n	EC		PT		PD		FS
		Father	Mother	Father	Mother	Father	Mother	Father	Mother
High	268	15.27 ± 3.41	15.34 ± 3.47	8.60 ± 3.81	8.73 ± 4.00	6.79 ± 4.17	6.74 ± 4.13	12.85 ± 3.69	12.39 ± 3.95
Medium	457	16.51 ± 3.41	16.52 ± 3.36	7.67 ± 3.57	7.60 ± 3.49	4.76 ± 3.57	4.89 ± 3.76	12.09 ± 3.39	12.25 ± 3.57
Low	269	17.33 ± 3.37	17.25 ± 3.43	8.29 ± 4.28	8.27 ± 4.20	3.97 ± 3.77	3.82 ± 3.48	13.10 ± 4.37	12.74 ± 3.93
	F	25.02	21.58	5.43	7.86	4.26	41.2	7.14	3.19
	p	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.004	< 0.001	< 0.05	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.05

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