Table 3.

Correlations between HP-CSS and attitudes to communication skills.

	E	IC	R	A	Total	Attitudes
E	1
IC	0.55 **	1
R	0.56 **	0.41 **	1
A	0.44 **	0.59 **	0.29 **	1
Total	0.82 **	0.84 **	0.63 **	0.79 **	1
Attitudes	0.38 **	0.27 **	0.29 **	0.18 *	0.35 **	1

Note: E = Empathy; IC = Informative Communication; R = Respect; A = Social Skill/Assertiveness; Attitudes = Attitudes towards Communication Skills; * p < 0.005; ** p < 0.001.