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Table 3 Spearman’s coefficients between empathy (JSE-HPS) and variables with possible role of influence

From: Non-academic factors influencing the development of empathy in undergraduate nursing students: a cross-sectional study

Variables

ρ

p

Professionalism competencies

  

Teamwork (JSAPNCa)

+0.59

<0.001

Lifelong learning (JeffSPLL-HPSb)

+0.39

<0.001

Subjective well-being

  

Life satisfaction (SWLSc)

+0.01

0.72

Relationship with parents

  

Positive mother’s relationship

+0.08

0.03

Positive father’s relationship

+0.06

0.13

Nursing studies

  

Semester of enrolment

+0.06

0.14

Loneliness (SELSA-Sd)

  

Global measure

–0.41

<0.001

Romantic dimension

–0.02

0.67

Social dimension

–0.43

<0.001

Family dimension

–0.45

<0.001

Age

–0.15

<0.001

  1. a Jefferson Scale of Attitudes toward Physician-Nurse Collaboration
  2. b Jefferson Scale of Lifelong Learning
  3. c Satisfaction with Life Scale
  4. d Social and Emotional Loneliness Scale for Adults