Interaction between valence of empathy and familiarity: is it difficult to empathize with the positive events of a stranger?

Table 3 Correlation between empathic trait and P3-GFP

	Empathic concern	Personal distress	Fantasy	Perspective taking
SO-positive (minus CT-positive)	0.30	0.66*	0.78**	0.11
SO-negative (minus CT-negative)	0.19	0.62*	0.70**	−0.09
FO-positive (minus CT-positive)	0.08	0.48†	0.73**	−0.01
FO-negative (minus CT-negative)	−0.02	0.36	0.64*	−0.20

Note. CT = control condition; SO = stranger-observation condition; FO = friend-observation. †p < 0.1; *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01.

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