Table 2 Correlations between empathy and personality variables

0.337 (0.160, 0.493)

< 0.001

0.088 (− 0.101, 0.270)

0.363

0.249 (0.064, 0.416)

0.009

0.357 (0.182, 0.510)

< 0.001

− 0.086 (− 0.269, 0.103)

0.372

0.299 (0.119, 0.461)

0.001

0.179 (− 0.009, 0.354)

0.062

0.005 (− 0.183, 0.192)

0.960

0.220 (0.034, 0.391)

0.021

− 0.130 (− 0.310, 0.058)

0.174

0.465 (0.305, 0.600)

< 0.001

− 0.157 (− 0.335, 0.031)

0.101

0.208 (0.021, 0.380)

0.029

0.047 (− 0.142, 0.232)

0.629

0.135 (− 0.054, 0.314)

0.161

0.224 (0.039, 0.395)

0.019

0.049 (− 0.140, 0.234)

0.614

0.288 (0.106, 0.451)

0.002

0.307 (0.127, 0.467)

0.001

0.172 (− 0.016, 0.348)

0.072

−0.009 (− 0.195, 0.179)

0.929

−0.103 (− 0.285, 0.086)

0.285

−0.224 (− 0.395, − 0.038)

0.019

−0.100 (− 0.282, 0.089)

0.298

0.438 (0.273, 0.578)

< 0.001

0.344 (0.167, 0.499)

< 0.001

0.238 (0.053, 0.407)

0.012

0.373 (0.200, 0.524)

< 0.001

0.383 (0.210, 0.532)

< 0.001

−0.114 (− 0.295, 0.075)

0.235