Fig. 1

A Conceptual Diagram of the Dyadic Empathy Confirmatory Factor Analysis. Cognitive and Affective dimensions of empathy are uniquely modeled for male and female partners. Dashed lines from each empathy construct to the corresponding items (boxes) indicate the relation between the construct and the items used to model it. Circles pointing to items represent each item’s error term. Covariances, represented by the curved and dashed lines between the constructs, capture the relationships between partners’ dimensions of empathy. Double-headed arrows between error terms capture the interdependence between partners’ responses to survey items