Table 4.

Dimensions and total scores of BEES at Year 3, divided by gender

BEES dimension	Year 3 Students n=67	p-value
	Male (n=13) Mean (SD)	Female (n=54) Mean (SD)
D1: Impermeability to the emotional feelings of others	-3.9 (5.9)	-8.4 (5.7)	p<0.05
D2: Susceptibility to the emotional feelings of others	8.4 (4.3)	11.9 (3.8)	p<0.01
D3: Emotional spread responsiveness	-1.2 (4.8)	-2.9 (5.4)	p = 0.29
D4: Susceptibility to emotional involvement with people nearby	9.8 (5.2)	11.6 (4.5)	p = 0.22
D5: Tendency to avoid emotional involvement with fragile people	-2.9 (3.2)	-2.9 (3.9)	p = 0.98
Total score	26.0 (11.9)	37.6 (16.2)	p<0.05