Table 1.

Description of the dimensions of the TECA questionnaire.

Scale	Subscale	Definition	High level	Low level
Cognitive dimension	Perspective-taking	Intellectual or imaginative ability to put oneself in the place of another person	They have ease of communication, tolerance, and interpersonal relationships. They also have flexible thinking in such a way that they can adapt their way of thinking to different situations.	They tend to have less flexible thinking and may be less able to understand the mental states of others, which can be a certain obstacle in communication and relationships with other people.
	Emotional understanding	Ability to recognize and understand the emotional states, intentions, and impressions of others	They have great facility for emotional reading in the face of the verbal and non-verbal behaviors of others. At the intrapersonal level, they tend to show greater emotional regulation.	They have difficulty recognizing and understanding the emotional states of others. They also have poorer social skills.
Affective dimension	Empathetic joy	Ability to share the positive emotions of another person	They easily rejoice in the successes or positive events that happen to others, which is related to a good quality of social network.	They have a less tendency to share the positive emotions of others. Being emotionally out of tune is related to having access to a low-quality social network.
	Empathetic stress	Ability to share the negative emotions of another person	They tend to have quality social networks and be emotional and warm in their interpersonal relationships, perhaps with a certain tendency to become overly involved in the problems of others.	They are not easily moved, unemotional, and emotionally distant.

The instrument defines and interprets high and low empathy ratings.