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

Table 4. Stress and social support as predictors of empathy

Variable	PSS^a			MSPSS^b
Variable	B	SE	β	B	SE	β
Total students (R² = 0.109)	-0.144*	0.044	-0.061	0.385†	0.023	0.309
Gender
Male (R² = 0.122)	-0.246†	0.059	-0.100	0.387†	0.030	0.308
Female (R² = 0.086)	-0.002	0.067	-0.001	0.356†	0.038	0.293
Admission system
Undergraduate programme (R² = 0.108)	-0.154ǂ	0.062	-0.065	0.368†	0.032	0.307
Post-baccalaureate programme (R² = 0.107)	-0.129ǂ	0.064	-0.055	0.404†	0.036	0.307
Study year
First-year (R² = 0.108)	-0.106	0.073	-0.046	0.398†	0.040	0.316
Second-year (R² = 0.127)	-0.166ǂ	0.079	-0.065	0.415†	0.038	0.337
Third-year (R² = 0.090)	-0.198ǂ	0.095	-0.090	0.313†	0.053	0.256
Fourth-year (R² = 0.081)	-0.349ǂ	0.156	-0.147	0.269*	0.087	0.205

B: unstandardized coefficient; SE: standard error; β: standardized coefficient. ^aPSS: Perceived Stress Scale;^bMSPSS: Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support.*p<0.01, †p<0.001; ǂp<0.05

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