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

Table 4 Parameter estimates for crossed random effects model of student empathic behavior (judged by simulated patients) depending on students’ emotion recognition and the remaining Big Five variables

Fixed effects	Estimate	SE	t	p	Estimate	SE	t	p	Estimate	SE	t	p	Estimate	SE	t	p
Intercept	3.87	0.14	27.87	< 0.001	3.86	0.14	27.59	<.001	3.87	0.14	27.64	<.001	3.88	0.14	27.91	< 0.001
Emotion Recognition (ER)	−0.01	0.01	−0.67	0.51	−0.01	0.01	−0.47	0.64	0.00	0.01	−0.39	0.69	0.00	0.01	−0.27	0.79
Agreeableness	−0.04	0.05	−0.71	0.48
ER x Agreeableness	0.01	0.01	0.64	0.53
Neuroticism					0.02	0.05	0.39	0.70
ER x Neuroticism					−0.01	0.02	−0.90	0.37
Conscientiousness									0.01	0.07	0.17	0.86
ER x Conscientiousness									0.01	0.02	0.46	0.65
Openness													−0.11	0.05	−2.21	0.03
ER x Openness													0.00	0.01	0.07	0.94
Control Variables
Age	−0.01	0.02	−0.92	0.36	−0.01	0.02	−0.89	0.37	−0.01	0.02	−0.91	0.36	−0.01	0.02	−0.92	0.36
Gender^a	−0.06	0.09	−0.75	0.45	−0.04	0.08	−0.45	0.66	−0.05	0.08	−0.60	0.55	−0.07	0.08	−0.83	0.41
SP Age^a,b	−0.01	0.01	−0.69	0.50	−0.01	0.01	−0.65	0.52	−0.01	0.01	−0.66	0.51	−0.01	0.01	−0.67	0.51
SP Gender^a,b	−0.43	0.19	−2.31	0.03*	−0.44	0.19	− 2.31	0.03*	−0.44	0.19	−2.31	0.03*	−0.44	0.19	−2.33	0.03*

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