Table 2.

Descriptive statistics, normality indices, and item analysis of Empathy Scale for Teachers (EST) (n = 462).

	Mean (SD)	r item-total	Skewness	Kurtosis	K-S	α if item deleted
			SE(0.227)	SE(0.114)
Item 1	2.87 (0.90)	0.68**	−0.48	−0.52	0.25	0.93
Item 2	2.88 (0.95)	0.76**	−0.50	−0.65	0.24	0.93
Item 3	2.55 (1.01)	0.65**	−0.08	−1.08	0.20	0.93
Item 4	2.80 (0.91)	0.67**	−0.27	−0.79	0.22	0.93
Item 5	2.67 (0.99)	0.80**	−0.31	−0.92	0.24	0.93
Item 6	2.64 (0.91)	0.74**	−0.14	−0.79	0.22	0.93
Item 7	2.75 (0.92)	0.73**	−0.32	−0.72	0.24	0.93
Item 8	2.65 (0.98)	0.67**	−0.15	−0.99	0.20	0.93
Item 9	2.55 (0.97)	0.65**	0.021	−1.01	0.21	0.93
Item 10	2.75 (0.87)	0.61**	−0.25	−0.61	0.24	0.93
Item 11	2.80 (1.01)	0.70**	−0.42	−0.91	0.23	0.93
Item 12	2.70 (1.02)	0.60**	−0.24	−1.07	0.20	0.93
Item 13	2.76 (0.97)	0.69**	−0.28	−0.93	0.21	0.93
Item 14	2.60 (0.97)	0.64**	−0.12	−0.96	0.20	0.93
Item 15	3.06 (1.04)	0.67**	−0.76	−0.59	0.26	0.93
Item 16	2.87 (1.03)	0.64**	−0.49	−0.91	0.22	0.93
Item 17	2.52 (0.97)	0.69**	−0.13	−0.985	0.23	0.93
Item 18	2.87 (1.04)	0.70**	−0.52	−0.941	0.22	0.93
Item 19	2.91 (1.04)	0.64**	−0.61	−0.806	0.23	0.93
Cognitive empathy	24.39 (6.58)	0.92**	−0.42	−0.62	0.09	0.91
Negative affective empathy	13.63 (3.90)	0.81**	−0.38	−0.65	0.11	0.86
Positive affective empathy	14.25 (4.15)	0.82**	−0.67	−0.45	0.13	0.87
Total	52.27 (12.69)	1	−0.45	−0.323	0.06	0.93
Empathic concern	17.47 (6.63)	0.34**	0.63	−0.41	0.10	0.73

^**Significant correlation at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).