Table 2. Descriptive and Correlation Analysis.
| Neuroticism | Extraversion | Openness | Agreeableness | Conscientiousness | |
| Total Score in the JSPE-spv scale | −.002 | .183*** | .216*** | .310*** | .188*** |
| Neuroticism | −.372*** | −.194*** | −.247*** | −.286*** | |
| Extraversion | .215*** | .400*** | .261*** | ||
| Openness | .144** | −.310*** | |||
| Agreeableness | .379*** | ||||
| Total Mean (SD) | 21.1 (7.7) | 31.7 (5.9) | 29.7 (5.5) | 34.7 (5.3) | 35.1 (6.3) |
| Bottom Group - Mean (SD)a) | 21.5 (7.5) | 30.7 (6.1) | 28.3 (4.5) | 33.2 (5.4) | 33.7 (6.5) |
| Top Group - Mean (SD)a) | 20.7 (7.8) | 32.7 (5.9) | 31.1 (6.1) | 36.1 (4.7) | 36.5 (5.9) |
| UBI-Mean (SD)b) | 20.8 (7.3) | 31.9 (6.3) | 28.7 (5.9) | 34.9 (5.8) | 34.5 (6.3) |
| UALG-Mean (SD)b) | 18.7 (6.4) | 32.2 (6.0) | 31.7 (4.9) | 36.3 (4.3) | 35.4 (6.9) |
| UM-Mean (SD)b) | 22.0 (8.1) | 31.5 (5.6) | 29.7 (5.3) | 34.0 (5.1) | 35.4 (6.2) |
Note: N = 334;
** p<.01;
*** p<.001;
a)
Mean and standard deviation of each one of the personality dimensions by empathy score top (N = 169) and bottom group (N = 165);
b)
Mean and standard deviation of each one of the personality dimensions by university, UBI: N = 115; UAlg: N = 51 and UM: N = 168.