Table 6 Aggression and empathy scores for boys and girls and results of gender comparisons within identified clusters and the total study sample
Re pro AGG | Re AGG | Low AGG | Total sample | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Girls (N = 16) | Boys (N = 46) | Girls (N = 39) | Boys (N = 62) | Girls (N = 32) | Boys (N = 46) | Girls (N = 87) | Boys (N = 154) | |||||||||
M | (SD) | M | (SD) | M | (SD) | M | (SD) | M | (SD) | M | (SD) | M | (SD) | M | (SD) | |
Aggression (RPQ) | ||||||||||||||||
Reactive aggression | 15.56 | (3.29) | 16.24 | (4.24) | 11.95 | (2.37) | 11.27 | (2.72) | 4.97 | (1.88) | 4.70 | (1.76) | 10.05 | (4.75) | 10.79 | (5.42) |
Proactive aggression | 9.75a | (1.98) | 12.15b | (3.85) | 3.03 | (2.10) | 3.32 | (2.25) | 1.13 | (1.12) | 1.50 | (1.49) | 3.56c | (3.55) | 5.42d | (5.20) |
Total aggression | 25.31 | (4.18) | 28.39 | (6.54) | 14.97 | (3.48) | 14.60 | (2.10) | 6.09 | (2.52) | 6.20 | (2.51) | 13.61a | (7.62) | 16.21b | (9.69) |
Empathy (BES) | ||||||||||||||||
Cognitive empathy | 34.75 | (5.71) | 33.98 | (5.00) | 37.43 | (4.20) | 37.21 | (4.28) | 38.50a | (3.73) | 36.63b | (4.21) | 37.33a | (4.50) | 36.07b | (4.67) |
Affective empathy | 33.94 | (5.87) | 30.98 | (5.55) | 38.49a | (5.23) | 34.95b | (8.22) | 38.62c | (5.97) | 34.09d | (7.71) | 37.70c | (5.85) | 33.51d | (7.51) |
Total empathy | 68.69 | (8.78) | 64.95 | (7.29) | 75.92 | (11.04) | 72.16 | (11.04) | 77.12c | (8.29) | 70.71d | (10.52) | 75.03c | (8.69) | 69.8d | (10.31) |