Skip to main content

Table 1 Mean sten values and standard deviations in empathy clusters and variance analysis of differences between clusters

From: Personality characteristics of empathy profiles – practical implications for education of medicine students

Empathy indicators ESS

Mean value

SD

F(2, 145)

p

Differences between clusters

Cluster 1

Cluster 2

Cluster 3

S 1

S 2

S 3

Empathetic Concern

7.71

3.93

5.63

1.32

1.44

1.64

89.76

 < 0.001

1–2, 1–3, 2–3

Personal Distress

4.29

3.38

7.20

1.83

1.34

1.19

81.38

 < 0.001

1–2, 1–3, 2–3

Perspective Taking

8.31

6.29

5.54

1.29

1.85

1.50

39.61

 < 0.001

1–2, 1–3, 2–3