Table 4.

Regression weights [95% CI] of empathic skills (mean and change scores) for predicting internalizing/externalizing behaviors

Parameter		Internalizing	Externalizing
Age		0.06 [0.04, 0.07]	0.04 [0.02, 0.06]
Gender		0.42 [-0.21, 1.06]	-1.07 [-2.17, 0.02]
Group		-0.26 [-1.01, 0.48]	0.44 [-0.83, 1.71]
Affective empathy	Mean	0.63 [0.44, 0.82]	0.35 [0.02, 0.67]
	Change	0.23 [0.05, 0.41]	0.19 [-0.10, 0.48]
Attention to emotions	Mean	0.07 [-0.08, 0.22]	0.15 [-0.10, 0.41]
	Change	0.19 [0.03, 0.35]	-0.09 [-0.34, 0.16]
Prosocial actions	Mean	-0.16 [-0.32, 0.004]	-0.01 [-0.29, 0.27]
	Change	-0.06 [-0.22, 0.09]	0.06 [-0.19, 0.30]
Emotion acknowledgment	Mean	-0.11 [-0.22, 0.0003]	-0.21 [-0.40, -0.01]
	Change	-0.05 [-0.17, 0.07]	-0.12 [-0.31, 0.08]

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