TABLE 4.
Mean, standard deviation of empathy and Cohen’s d of the three-profile solution of empathy among nursing students (n = 622).
| 1AE (n = 399) |
2LE (n = 181) |
3HE (n = 42) |
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| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | d 2 – 1 | d 3 – 1 | d 3 – 2 | |
| PT | 13.83 | 2.14 | 10.34 | 1.90 | 16.03 | 2.56 | 1.725 | 0.932 | 2.524 |
| PD | 11.93 | 3.03 | 10.26 | 2.54 | 14.52 | 3.30 | 0.597 | 0.817 | 1.447 |
| FS | 16.05 | 2.40 | 12.22 | 2.05 | 21.12 | 1.98 | 1.717 | 2.304 | 4.416 |
| EC | 15.82 | 2.41 | 12.83 | 1.92 | 20.52 | 1.87 | 1.372 | 2.179 | 4.058 |
PT, perspective-taking; PD, personal distress; FS, fantasy; EC, empathic concern; AE, average empathy subgroup; LE, low empathy subgroup; HE, high empathy subgroup.