Table 3.
Spearman rank correlation between the empathic concern (EC) and perspective-taking (PT) subscale for the selected variables across abstract and concrete sentences and sub-type of concrete sentences (i.e., animals, foods, tools) and abstract sentences (i.e., emotional EMSS; philosophical PS; quantitative PSTQ).
| Variable | Abstract | Concrete | Animals | Foods | Tools | Emotional EMSS | Philosophical PS | Quantitative PSTQ | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EC | PT | EC | PT | EC | PT | EC | PT | EC | PT | EC | PT | EC | PT | EC | PT | |
| Turn-taking | ||||||||||||||||
| Rho | − 0.021 | − 0.028 | 0.031 | 0.052 | 0.040 | 0.078 | 0.034 | 0.043 | 0.021 | 0.037 | − 0.013 | − 0.041 | − 0.039 | − 0.001 | − 0.013 | − 0.042 |
| p | 0.305 | 0.175 | 0.127 | 0.010 | 0.254 | 0.028 | 0.333 | 0.227 | 0.553 | 0.295 | 0.716 | 0.251 | 0.269 | 0.969 | 0.719 | 0.232 |
| Agreement | ||||||||||||||||
| Rho | − 0.002 | − 0.011 | − 0.040 | − 0.051 | − 0.0133 | − 0.062 | − 0.065 | − 0.089 | − 0.043 | − 0.012 | − 0.018 | 0.013 | − 0.001 | − 0.029 | 0.014 | − 0.020 |
| p | 0.915 | 0.592 | 0.052 | 0.012 | 0.710 | 0.078 | 0.067 | 0.012 | 0.224 | 0.725 | 0.606 | 0.704 | 0.969 | 0.407 | 0.686 | 0.567 |
| Emotions | ||||||||||||||||
| Rho | 0.059 | 0.025 | 0.015 | 0.016 | 0.043 | 0.078 | − 0.045 | − 0.005 | 0.029 | 0.028 | 0.090 | 0.027 | 0.038 | 0.024 | 0.036 | 0.026 |
| p | 0.004 | 0.218 | 0.466 | 0.438 | 0.224 | 0.558 | 0.203 | 0.878 | 0.418 | 0.423 | 0.011 | 0.453 | 0.283 | 0.502 | 0.306 | 0.460 |
| Why-Questions | ||||||||||||||||
| Rho | − 0.065 | 0.002 | − 0.027 | − 0.044 | 0.019 | − 0.078 | − 0.093 | − 0.066 | − 0.038 | − 0.025 | − 0.053 | − 0.001 | − 0.022 | 0.007 | − 0.101 | 0.001 |
| p | 0.001 | 0.904 | 0.189 | 0.031 | 0.583 | 0.027 | 0.008 | 0.063 | 0.280 | 0.489 | 0.136 | 0.980 | 0.534 | 0.837 | 0.004 | 0.969 |
| How-Questions | ||||||||||||||||
| Rho | 0.050 | − 0.016 | 0.018 | 0.033 | 0.021 | 0.078 | 0.017 | 0.034 | 0.020 | − 0.013 | 0.119 | − 0.011 | 0.023 | − 42 | 0.007 | 0.009 |
| p | 0.015 | 0.445 | 0.384 | 0.105 | 0.549 | 0.028 | 0.627 | 0.344 | 0.575 | 0.721 | 0.001 | 0.767 | 0.507 | 0.234 | 0.840 | 0.793 |
| Point of view | ||||||||||||||||
| Rho | 0.044 | 0.053 | 0.050 | 0.035 | 0.022 | − 0.010 | 0.062 | 0.032 | 0.066 | 0.081 | 0.061 | 0.079 | 0.012 | 0.021 | 0.059 | 0.055 |
| p | 0.032 | 0.010 | 0.014 | 0.091 | 0.530 | 0.777 | 0.082 | 0.368 | 0.064 | 0.022 | 0.085 | 0.026 | 0.727 | 0.552 | 0.098 | 0.119 |
| 1st Point of view | ||||||||||||||||
| Rho | 0.035 | 0.019 | 0.041 | − 0.077 | 0.019 | − 0.109 | 0.030 | − 0.040 | 0.084 | − 0.100 | 0.045 | 0.049 | 0.050 | 0.028 | 0.008 | − 0.022 |
| p | 0.087 | 0.352 | 0.043 | 0.001 | 0.585 | 0.002 | 0.399 | 0.265 | 0.017 | 0.005 | 0.208 | 0.164 | 0.161 | 0.423 | 0.812 | 0.530 |
| 2nd Point of view | ||||||||||||||||
| Rho | − 0.005 | 0.022 | 0.023 | 0.039 | 0.033 | 0.056 | 0.020 | 0.000 | 0.018 | 0.061 | − 0.004 | 0.022 | − 52 | 0.019 | 0.043 | 0.024 |
| p | 0.794 | 0.287 | 0.259 | 0.054 | 0.347 | 0.117 | 0.568 | 0.999 | 0.614 | 0.008 | 0.910 | 0.533 | 0.143 | 0.595 | 0.222 | 0.503 |
| 3rd Point of view | ||||||||||||||||
| r | − 0.008 | 0.015 | − 0.018 | − 0.028 | − 0.008 | − 0.039 | − 0.019 | − 0.036 | − 0.047 | − 0.005 | 0.007 | 0.063 | 0.004 | − 0.026 | − 0.035 | − 0.021 |
| p | 0.697 | 0.476 | 0.375 | 0.169 | 0.829 | 0.273 | 0.598 | 0.314 | 0.186 | 0.881 | 0.852 | 0.077 | 0.900 | 0.465 | 0.326 | 0.546 |
| 1st and 2nd Point of view | ||||||||||||||||
| Rho | 0.044 | 0.030 | 0.026 | 0.061 | − 0.016 | − 0.014 | 0.046 | 0.089 | 0.037 | 0.088 | 0.061 | 0.039 | 0.043 | − 0.008 | 0.028 | 0.054 |
| p | 0.031 | 0.143 | 0.202 | 0.003 | 0.645 | 0.701 | 0.195 | 0.012 | 0.302 | 0.013 | 0.086 | 0.274 | 0.230 | 0.828 | 0.423 | 0.129 |
In bold are reported significant correlation (p < .05).