Table 2.

Means (standard deviations), F values, and Bonferroni’s test^# between parenting styles and cognitive and emotional empathy.

	Parenting style				F(3, 582)	Eta square
	Authoritative	Indulgent	Authoritarian	Neglectful
Cognitive empathy
Adopting perspectives	3.061 (0.45)	3.171 (0.48)	2.872 (0.55)	2.922 (0.47)	11.02***	0.054
Emotional understanding	2.96 (0.44)	3.031 (0.50)	2.812 (0.45)	2.842 (0.46)	6.87***	0.034
Emotional empathy
Empathic stress	2.641 (0.57)	2.671 (0.57)	2.462 (0.51)	2.382 (0.52)	10.42***	0.051
Empathic happiness	3.411 (0.44)	3.421 (0.46)	3.122 (0.55)	3.212 (0.48)	13.20***	0.064

1 > 2, ***p < 0.001