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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of student and simulated patients demographics, self-assessment of the Big Five inventory and empathic communication as perceived by SPs

From: Emotion recognition and extraversion of medical students interact to predict their empathic communication perceived by simulated patients

  

M

SD

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

1

Age

23.25

2.48

          

2

Gender

1.36

.48

.048

         

3

Age (SP)

60.94

5.15

−.118

−.131

        

4

Gender (SP)

1.45

.27

−.090

.121

.078

       

5

Emotion Recognition

19.05

4.00

.007

−.153*

−.022

−.116

      

6

Extraversion

3.68

.84

.031

−.104

.073

.028

.123

     

7

Openness

4.07

.71

−.012

−.099

.036

.081

.055

.175*

    

8

Conscientiousness

3.90

.59

.024

−.209**

.059

.153*

−.003

.215**

.048

   

9

Agreeableness

3.11

.77

.060

−.339**

.081

.071

−.078

.232**

.099

.271**

  

10

Neuroticism

2.98

.86

−.123

−.209**

−.057

−.045

.021

−.265**

.087

−.102

−.071

 

11

Empathic Communicationa

3.78

.54

.030

−.160*

−.155*

−.261**

.139

.038

−.197**

−.006

−.033

.071

  1. Note. N = 183; aEvaluated by SP; *p ≤ .05; **p ≤ .01
  2. M mean; SD standard deviation; SP simulated patients
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