Table 2.

Dimensions and total scores of BEES at Year 1, divided by gender

BEES dimension	Year 1 Students n=118	p-value
	Male (n=25) Mean (SD)	Female (n=93) Mean (SD)
D1: Impermeability to the emotional feelings of others	-3.0 (5.3)	-8.7 (5.5)	p<0.001
D2: Susceptibility to the emotional feelings of others	7.4 (3.6)	11.6 (3.7)	p<0.001
D3: Emotional spread responsiveness	3.2 (4.5)	-1.7 (5.0)	p<0.001
D4: Susceptibility to emotional involvement with people nearby	8.0 (5.5)	11.8 (4.6)	p<0.01
D5: Tendency to avoid emotional involvement with fragile people	-1.9 (2.7)	-3.7 (2.4)	p<0.01
Total score	17.4 (17.5)	42.7 (15.9)	p<0.0001