Attachment Insecurity and Altruistic Behavior among Chinese Adolescents: Mediating Effect of Different Dimensions of Empathy.

Third, regarding the test of the indirect effects of empathic concern, perspective taking, and personal distress on the relation between attachment avoidance and altruistic behaviors, results indicated that the mediating effect of empathic concern was significant, β = −0.229, SE = 0.074, p = 0.002, Bootstrap 95% CI = [−0.432, −0.026] (medium effect size) [ 58 ]; the mediating effect of perspective taking was marginally significant, β = −0.051, SE = 0.030, p = 0.091, Bootstrap 95% CI = [−0.128, 0.026] (low effect size) [ 58 ]; and the mediating effect of personal distress was not significant, β = 0.003, SE = 0.011, p = 0.761, Bootstrap 95% CI = [−0.043, 0.043].

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