. 2019 Aug 21;10:1921. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01921

TABLE 5.

Hierarchical linear regression of empathy and the single factor with marked discrepancy.

Explanatory Variables		Model 1			Model 2			Model 3

		β (95%CI)	F	p	β (95%CI)	F	p	β (95%CI)	F	p
Socio-demographic factor	Gender Age	0.072 (0.643, 3.062) −0.130(−1.384, −0.648)	3.003 −5.418	0.003 0.000	0.044(0.114, 2.157) −0.046(−0.896, 0.173)	2.179 −1.326	0.029 0.185	0.031 (−0.104, 1.697) −0.081 (−1.105, −0.162)	1.735 −2.633	0.083 0.009
Academic factors	Year of school				0.010(−0.989,1.322)	0.282	0.778	0.014(−0.0775, 1.261)	0.469	0.639
	Academic pressure				0.024 (−0.360, 1.426)	1.170	0.242	0.072 (0.805, 2.390)	3.953	0.000
	Perception of the importance of empathy				0.530 (8.021, 9.354)	25.567	0.001	0.424(6.351, 7.565)	22.485	0.000
	Desire to be a doctor after graduation				0.087 (2.510, 6.734)	4.292	0.001	0.054 (0.994, 4.729)	3.006	0.003
Self-esteem								0.411 (1.158, 1.385)	22.050	0.000
Corrected Model			18.976	0.000^b		125.419	0.000^c		207.948	0.000^d
Adjusted R²			0.021			0.307			0.462

^bPredictors: (Constant), gender, age. ^cPredictors: (Constant), gender, age, year of school, academic pressure, perception of the importance of empathy, desire to be a doctor after graduation. ^dPredictors: (Constant), gender, age, year of school, academic pressure, perception of the importance of empathy, desire to be a doctor after graduation, self-esteem.