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The present study investigates how the components of social competence relate to the core components of empathy. It offers a systematic analysis of the effects of the independent variablesemotion recognition accuracy, emotional perspective taking and affective responsivenesson the dependent variablesaction evaluation, consequence anticipation, goal attainment and competence expectations. The study´s population, which was subjected to cross-sectional analysis, constisted of 130 mainstream school leavers. Structural Equation Modelling yielded a specified model which showed that the factors of evaluation of actions and anticipation of consequences were most strongly impacted by the level of emotional perspective taking. In addition, the empathy components were found to be positively correlated variables. The findings are discussed in the light of current work on social information processing, and their relevance to educational practice is explored.

Using a sample of school teachers, we conducted an ambulatory assessment study to investigate HRV as (1) a state outcome measure of job demands and resources and (2) a trait moderator in the relationship between job demands and emotional exhaustion. In total, 101 participants wore an electrocardiogram device on two school days and rated their level of job demands (emotional demands and time pressure), job resources (control and support), and exhaustion six times a day. Based on 669 measurements, multilevel models of the 5-minute state HRV measure and emotional exhaustion were built. Results: The results supported the health-impairing effects of job demands on emotional exhaustion but not state HRV. There was no evidence of the moderating effects of job resources. Notably, the 48-hour trait HRV measure significantly buffered the effect of emotional demands on exhaustion. Conclusions: These findings highlight the stress-buffering potential of trait HRV as theoretical research extension and practical intervention goal.

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