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Table 2 Pearson-Correlation between demographic data, subscales of JSPE-S and IRI, BFI-K, and STEM (showing the Pearson correlation factor)

From: Empathy, personality traits, and emotional management in 2nd and 4th-year dentistry students: a single-center study

		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

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