Table 1 Descriptives and correlations between SPF-IRI scales in the full sample and in subsamples. Correlations of scale sum scores above diagonal, correlations of latent variables from ESEM below diagonal

All participants:

Total: N = 2875

Women: n = 2351

Men: n = 524

M (SD)

α

ω

M (SD)

α

ω

M (SD)

α

ω

FS

PD

PT

EC

Fantasy (FS)

13.79 (2.74)

.71

.82

13.94 (2.73)

.71

.82

13.11 (2.69)

.66

.79

-

.19

.28

.41

Personal distress (PD)

10.92 (2.93)

.76

.80

11.16 (2.91)

.75

.80

9.80 (2.73)

.73

.79

.11

-

−.14

.23

Perspective taking (PT)

14.78 (2.54)

.76

.85

14.76 (2.55)

.77

.85

14.83 (2.50)

.74

.82

.25

−.18

-

.28

Empathic concern (EC)

14.95 (2.28)

.64

.73

15.15 (2.24)

.63

.73

14.07 (2.28)

.60

.69

.49

.28

.28

-

Subsample 1:

Total: N = 1033

Women: n = 777

Men: n = 256

M (SD)

M (SD)

M (SD)

FS

PD

PT

EC

Fantasy (FS)

13.74 (2.59)

.71

.82

13.94 (2.52)

.69

.82

13.12 (2.73)

.70

.75

-

.16

.24

.45

Personal distress (PD)

9.86 (2.68)

.77

.77

10.09 (2.64)

.76

.77

9.17 (2.70)

.80

.71

.11

-

−.18

.16

Perspective taking (PT)

15.29 (2.22)

.73

.85

15.31 (2.21)

.73

.85

15.23 (2.27)

.72

.80

.22

−.25

-

.25

Empathic concern (EC)

14.66 (2.14)

.62

.74

14.84 (2.10)

.62

.73

14.13 (2.18)

.60

.68

.53

.23

.28

-

Subsample 2:

Total: N = 1842

Women: n = 1574

Men: n = 268

M (SD)

M (SD)

M (SD)

FS

PD

PT

EC

Fantasy (FS)

13.82 (2.82)

.70

.82

13.94 (2.83)

.72

.81

13.10 (2.66)

.63

.78

-

.21

.31

.39

Personal distress (PD)

11.51 (2.89)

.72

.82

11.70 (2.90)

.73

.80

10.41 (2.62)

.64

.81

.16

-

−.07

.24

Perspective taking (PT)

14.49 (2.66)

.77

.83

14.49 (2.66)

.77

.83

14.45 (2.65)

.74

.80

.26

−.10

-

.31

Empathic concern (EC)

15.11 (2.34)

.65

.72

15.30 (2.29)

.64

.71

14.01 (2.37)

.61

.68

.44

.26

.30

-