Table 3.

Correlations between study variables and study participants’ characteristics (n = 520)

Participants’ characteristics	Empathy	Cultural sensibility	Professional identity
Age	− 0.107*	-0.030	0.085
Gender	0.047	− 0.111*	-0.028
Place of residence	0.029	0.032	0.001
Occupation	0.051	0.122**	− 0.134**
Family income	0.018	-0.019	-0.082
Mother’s educational level	0.021	-0.060	-0.078
Father’s Educational Level	-0.069	0.061	0.000
Prior cultural sensitivity training	0.152**	-0.043	− 0.087*
Experience of diverse cultures	− 0.104*	0.057	0.022

**. Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed)

*. Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed)