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. 2022 Jan 3;22:2. doi: 10.1186/s12909-021-03080-1

Table 2.

Pearson-Correlation between demographic data, subscales of JSPE-S and IRI, BFI-K, and STEM (showing the Pearson correlation factor)

M SD 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
1 Age 23.8 3.8
2 Gender 0.7 0.5 −0.118
3 Year of study 1.4 0.5 −0.001 −0.005
4 JSPE-S: Perspective Taking 55.6 7.5 −0.065 0.122 0.112
5 JSPE-S: Compassionate Care 42.0 6.6 0.255 0.289* 0.096 0.475**
6 JSPE-S: Walking in Patients Sh. 8.6 2.7 0.133 0.255 −0.234 0.162 0.179
7 IRI: Perspective Taking 18.7 3.9 −0.039 0.178 −0.143 0.113 0.086 0.177
8 IRI: Fantasy Scale 18.0 5.8 −0.176 0.372** −0.029 0.322* 0.380** 0.140 0.317*
9 IRI: Empathic concern scale 20.7 4.4 0.007 0.485** −0.248 0.184 0.297* 0.307* 0.217 0.501**
10 IRI: Personal distress Scale 9.1 4.4 −0.250 0.422** − 0.014 0.174 0.111 −0.031 − 0.081 0.327* 0.404*
11 Agreeableness 12.2 3.2 −0.137 0.272* 0.074 0.188 0.120 0.085 −0.002 0.215 0.288* 0.335*
12 Extraversion 15.2 3.3 −0.148 0.059 − 0.243 0.124 0.082 0.128 0.040 0.084 0.035 −0.065 −0.143
13 Openness 20.9 2.9 −0.074 0.326* 0.067 −0.060 0.136 0.106 0.283* 0.569** 0.283* 0.292* 0.065 0.058
14 Conscientiousness 15.7 2.5 0.068 0.124 0.194 −0.158 0.084 0.055 0.205 0.017 −0.284* −0.307* − 0.074 0.138 0.165
15 Neuroticism 11.4 3.6 −0.072 0.453** −0.111 0.187 0.209 0.067 0.010 0.333* 0.379** 0.581** 0.135 −0.132 0.197 −0.193
16 STEM 31.9 4.8 −0.149 0.438** 0.082 0.095 0.160 0.218 0.178 0.285* 0.208 0.317** 0.006 0.195 0.301* 0.230 0.270

N = 53; * p < =0.05; ** p < =0.01

M mean; SD Standard Deviation