Table 3. Dispositional measures.

		Less Experiencedn = 3891/899		More Experiencedn = 3693/982
		Mean	SD	Mean	SD	t	df	p	Cohen’s d
Empathy	EC	30.9	5.4	31.3	5.1	2.67	7582	<.01	.06 | <.01
	PD	13.0	4.5	13.0	4.5	0.48	7582	.63	.01 | <.01
	PT	23.5	4.9	23.7	4.7	1.29	7582	.20	.03 | <.01
Professional Quality of Life	CS	38.7	7.4	39.3	7.0	3.37	7582	.001	.08 | <.01
	BO	22.7	6.8	21.6	7.0	6.78	7582	<.001	.16 | <.01
	STS	16.2	6.8	16.7	7.7	2.91	7582	<.01	.07 | <.01
Alexithymia	DDF	11.0	4.3	10.6	4.3	2.00	1879	.05	.09 | <.01
	DIF	13.8	6.2	13.2	6.1	2.1	1879	.04	.09 |.06
	EOT	16.9	4.9	16.4	4.8	2.4	1879	.2	.11 |.06
	TOT	41.7	12.5	40.2	12.1	2.7	1879	<.01	.12 |.06
Altruism	ALT	22.1	5.0	21.9	5.2	0.45	1879	.65	.02 |.06
	ALT-D	2.3	0.6	2.2	0.6	2.96	1879	<.01	.14 | <.01
	ALT-I	2.0	0.6	2.1	0.6	5.1	1879	<.001	.24 |.13

Comparison of dispositional measures between physicians grouped based on whether their individual experience in the medical field was above (More Experienced) or below (Less Experienced) the sample’s average. Effect sizes are reported both before (left) and after (right) covarying for age and gender.

EC = Empathic Concern, PD = Personal Distress, PT = Perspective Taking, CS = Compassion Satisfaction, BO = Burnout, STS = Secondary Traumatic Stress, DDF = Difficulty Describing Feelings, DIF = Difficulty Identifying Feelings, EOT = Externally-Oriented Thinking, TOT = Total Alexithymia score, ALT = Total Altruism score; ALT-D = Direct Contact Altruism, ALT-I = Indirect Contact Altruism.