Table 3.

Regression weights [95% CI] for explaining the developmental trajectories of empathic skills

Parameter	Affective empathy	Attention to others’ emotions	Prosocial actions	Emotion acknowledgment
Age linear	-0.01 [-0.02, -0.01]	-0.01 [-0.02, 0.01]	0.06 [0.05, 0.07]	0.04 [0.02, 0.05]
Age quadratic	-	-	-0.001 [-0.001, -0.0003]	-0.001 [-0.001, -0.0003]
Group	-	0.15 [-0.48, 0.77]	-0.55 [-1.06, -0.03]	-
Group x Age	-	0.03 [0.01, 0.05]	-0.01 [-0.03, 0.004]	-

Group was coded as 0, typically hearing; 1, cochlear implant. Significant effects are bolded