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Table 2 Descriptive data of the scale response of the students who completed the whole questionnaire

From: Development in Danish medical students’ empathy: study protocol of a cross-sectional and longitudinal mixed-methods study

Scales

N

Range

Mean

SD

Min

25th percentile

Median

75th percentile

Max

Empathy

 JSE-S

258

20–140

91.3

7.6

61.0

87.0

92.0

97.0

106.0

 IRI_PT

258

0–28

19.8

4.0

8.0

18.0

20.0

23.0

28.0

 IRI_F

258

0–28

18.8

5.2

4.0

15.0

19.0

23.0

28.0

 IRI_EC

258

0–28

20.3

4.7

5.0

17.0

21.0

24.0

28.0

 IRI_PD

258

0–28

7.9

4.3

0.0

5.0

8.0

11.0

22.0

Compassion

 SCBCS

258

5–35

25.2

5.9

6.0

22.0

26.0

29.0

35.0

Altruism

 GAIS

258

0–3

1.4

0.4

0.1

1.1

1.5

1.7

2.9

Attachmenta

 ECR-S

216

12–84

32.9

9.6

13.0

26.0

31.0

40.0

63.0

 ECR-S_Anxiety

216

6–42

21.0

6.6

7.0

16.5

20.0

25.0

42.0

 ECR-S_Avoidance

216

6–42

11.9

5.6

6.0

7.0

11.0

14.5

41.0

Values

 VLQ

258

20–200

147.2

20.0

83.0

133.0

148.0

162.0

191.0

Perceived stress

 PSS

258

0–40

15.4

6.6

0.0

11.0

14.0

20.0

36.0

Conscious Presence and Self Control

 CSPC

258

0–3

1.7

0.5

0.5

1.4

1.7

2.0

2.9

Religion

 CRSi-7

258

1–5

2.0

0.7

1.0

1.4

1.9

2.4

4.9

  1. aOnly students who had or had had a partner answered the ECR (42 answered no to having og having had a partner)
  2. IRI Interpersonal Reactivity Index, Subscales of the IRI: IRI_PT perspective taking, IRI_F fantasy, IRI_EC empathic concern, RIR_PD personal distress, JSE-S Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy student version, SCBCS The Santa Clara Brief Compassion Scale, GAIS the generative altruism scale, ECR-S experiences in close relationship – short form, VLQ the valued living questionnaire, PSS perceived stress scale, CSPC conscious presence and self control, CRSi-7 centrality of religiosity scale – 7 items