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Adolescents with and Without Problems: Ratings About Prosocial Behavior and Empathic Concern

Table 2: Descriptive statistics (means, standard deviations) and comparison of components of empathic concern among five groups of adolescents

Students without problemsN=265 (A) Students with externalising problemsN=44 (B) Students with internalising problemsN=29 (C) Students withexternalising and internalising problemsN=27 (D) Pupils with prosocial behavior problemsN=25 (E) Differences between samples(-values)
M (SD) M (SD) M (SD) M (SD) M (SD)
Compassionate 4.71 (0.39) 4.39 (0.65) 4.81 (0.48) 3.57 (0.54) 3.69 (0.40) A versus D (4.63**); A versus E (4.11**); B versus D (5.29**); B versus E (4.40**); C versus D (2.86*); C versus E (2.41*); A versus B (2.34*); B versus C (1.95*)
Moved 4.05 (0.27) 3.67 (0.42) 3.79 (0.32) 3.36 (0.24) 3.46 (0.34) A versus D (2.87*); A versus E (2.01*); B versus D (1.95*); B versus E (2.33*); C versus D (2.99*); C versus E (2.17*); A versus B (2.03*); B versus C (1.79*).
Tender 3.19 (0.47) 3.01 (0.45) 3.22 (0.36) 2.87 (0.47) 2.61 (0.38) A versus D (2.05*); A versus E (3.07**); B versus D (2.01*); B versus E (2.89*); C versus D (1.80*); C versus E (2.33*).
Softhearted 4.15 (0,25) 4.22 (0.32) 4.07 (0.33) 3.43 (0.35) 3.62 (0.63) A versus D (3.19**); A versus E (2.95*); B versus D (3.23**); B versus E (2.39*); C versus D (2.96*); C versus E (2.67*).
Sympathetic 4.39 (0.22) 3.91 (0.41) 4.33 (0.48) 3.43 (0.24) 3.38 (0.44) A versus D (3.86**); A versus E (2.74*); B versus D (3.98**); B versus E (3.45**); C versus D (2.55*); C versus E (2.45*); A versus B (2.82*); B versus C (2.77*).
Warm 3.99 (0.21) 3.83 (0.32) 3.87 (0.51) 3.29 (0.30) 3.38 (0.64) A versus D (2.89*); A versus E (2.69*); B versus D (2.02*); B versus E (1,97*); C versus D (1.78*); C versus E (1.73*).
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