IJME - The relationships between empathy, stress and social support among medical students

Table 3. Pearson’s correlation coefficients obtained for the JSE, PSS, and the MSPSS

Variables		JSE^a and PSS^b	JSE^a and MSPSS^c
Total students		-0.14*	0.33*
Gender
	Male	-0.19*	0.34*
	Female	-0.07†	0.29*
Medical school admission system
	Undergraduate programme	-0.14*	0.32*
	Post-baccalaureate programme	-0.15*	0.32*
Study year
	First-year	-0.13*	0.33*
	Second-year	-0.14*	0.35*
	Third-year	-0.18*	0.29*
	Fourth-year	-0.21†	0.25*

^aJSE: Jefferson Scale of Empathy; ^bPSS: Perceived Stress Scale; ^cMSPSS: Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support.*p<0.001, †p<0.05

Int J Med Educ. 2015; 6:103-108; doi: 10.5116/ijme.55e6.0d44