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Table 4 Correlations between empathic behaviour and emotional reactivity

From: Reactivity to fearful expressions of familiar and unfamiliar people in children with autism: an eye-tracking pupillometry study

 

Peak amplitude

Peak latency

 

Familiar

Unfamiliar

Familiar

Unfamiliar

ASD group

    

EmQue total

.06 (.03)

-.09 (-.11)

-.20 (-.19)

-.20 (-.19)

†Emotional contagion

-.33 (-.29)

-.20 (-.17)

-.11 (-.12)

.43 (.41)

†#Attention

.18 (.12)

-.07 (-.11)

-.17 (-.17)

-.25 (-.22)

†Prosocial behaviour

.21 (.17)

-.03 (.004)

-.18 (-.18)

-.55* (-.53*)

TD group

    

EmQue total

-.14 (-.15)

-.34 (-.35)

.16 (.16)

-.29 (-.29)

†Emotional contagion

.12 (.12)

-.28 (-.29)

.28 (.26)

-.33 (-.32)

†#Attention

-.19 (-.19)

-.44* (-.44*)

-.004 (.000)

-.06 (-.06)

†Prosocial behaviour

-.32 (-.33)

-.08 (-.08)

.09 (.09)

-.30 (-.30)

  1. This table shows the Pearson correlations (two-tailed) between everyday empathic behaviour (EmQue scores) and emotional reactivity as indexed by peak amplitude (familiar, unfamiliar) and peak latency (familiar, unfamiliar, across familiarity conditions). The r-values for partial correlations, controlling for the effect of cognitive ability (MSEL standard score), are in parentheses, and r-values outside parentheses are without controlling for this effect. † EmQue sub-scales, # Attention to Others’ Feelings, *P ≤ .05. Significant correlations are in bold.