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Table 5 Partial correlations of scores on the multi-dimensional empathy scale for adolescents and the Questionnaire to Assess Alexithymia for Adolescents (QAAA), after controlling for diagnostic literacy test scores

From: Validity issues in the assessment of alexithymia related to the developmental stages of emotional cognition and language

 

QAAA

 

DIF

EOT

CIC

DDF

the multi-dimensional empathy scale for adolescents

    

   Emphatic concern

.24***

-.45***

-.38***

.16*

   Personal distress

.40***

-.26**

-.17*

.40***

   Fantasy

.40***

-.40***

-.69***

.21**

   Cognitive empathy

.43***

-.55***

-.50***

.29***

  1. *p < .05 **p < .01 ***p < .001