Table 2. Overall scores and between-group differences for BLRI, TEMPS-A, and the MCT-T
Variable TOTAL N=138 Mean (std) Median 1st Year N=104 Mean (std) Median 5th Year N=34 Mean (std) Median t U p-value
ICU Unemotional 7.34 (3.39) 7.00 7.25 (3.38) 7.00 7.62 (3.43) 7.5   1876.5 0.590
ICU Uncaring 5.16 (3.54) 5.00 4.88 (3.70) 4.00 6.00 (2.92) 6.00   2154.5 0.055
ICU Callousness 4.93 (2.68) 5.00 4.85 (2.62) 4.00 5.18 (2.90) 5.00   1888.5 0.549
ICU Total Score 17.43 (7.12) 16.00 16.98(7.22) 16.00 18.79 (6.74) 19.00   2030.5 0.194
BL Level of Regard 17.38 (5.53) 18.00 17.31 (5.43) 18.00 17.62 (5.91) 18.50   1878.5 0.584
BL Empathic understanding 11.51 (8.21) 12.00 11.83 (8.48) 12.00 10.56 (7.36) 10.00 0.780   0.437
BL Unconditionality 5.70 (7.39) 6.00 6.30 (6.41) 6.00 3.85 (9.69) 5.50   1516.0 0.213
BL Congruence 5.83 (8.48) 5.00 5.99 (8.37) 5.00 5.32 (8.93) 4.50 0.397   0.692
BL Total 40.42 (22.68) 40.00 41.42(22.48) 43.00 37.35(23.35) 37.00 0.908   0.366
TEMPS-A Depressive 0.41(0.15) 0.38 0.42(0.14) 0.43 0.38(0.17) 0.33 1.134   0.191
TEMPS-A Cyclothymic 0.36(0.23) 0.33 0.37(0.21) 0.33 0.32(0.29) 0.21 0.962   0.341
TEMPS-A Hyperthymic 0.49(0.20) 0.48 0.50(0.20) 0.48 0.45(0.19) 0.43 1.193   0.235
TEMPS-A Irritable 0.25(0.17) 0.24 0.25(0.16) 0.24 0.26(0.20) 0.20   1732.0 0.858
TEMPS-A Anxious 0.44(0.21) 0.46 0.46(0.20) 0.46 0.36(0.21) 0.33 2.359   0.020
MCT-T 19.03(11.56) 17.00 (N=96)* 18.92(11.39) 17.00 (N=62)* 19.24(12.05) 17.00 (N=34)*   1059.0 0.969

Comparison between 1st and 5th year students. Considering the distribution of data, we adopted t-test for independent variables or Mann-Whitney non-parametric test. Mean and standard deviation are reported. P values correspond to differences between the two groups. * Only 96 students fulfilled the MCT-T (62 from 1st year and 34 from the 5th year).

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