Table 5 Regression slopes, t-values, and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for mental health indicators by gender.

From: Mental health across contexts: a cross-dataset study covering medical students, quarantined individuals, and psychiatric disordered subjects

Indicator

Male

Female

 

Slope

t-value

CI [95%]

Slope

t-value

CI [95%]

Total empathy

1.587

5.197***

[0.986, 2.188]

1.483

7.979***

[1.118, 1.848]

Cognitive empathy

0.104

0.463

[-0.339, 0.548]

0.403

2.678**

[0.108, 0.699]

Emotion recognition

0.004

1.355

[-0.002, 0.011]

0.005

2.484*

[0.001, 0.009]

Depression

-1.711

-5.285***

[-2.348, -1.073]

-1.365

-5.162***

[-1.885, -0.846]

Anxiety

-1.356

-3.523***

[-2.114, -0.598]

-0.816

-3.053**

[-1.341, -0.291]

Exhaustion

-0.878

-5.039***

[-1.221, -0.535]

-0.621

-5.358***

[-0.849, -0.394]

Cynicism

0.330

2.093*

[0.020, 0.641]

0.140

1.324

[-0.068, 0.347]

Efficacy

0.025

0.150

[-0.302, 0.352]

-0.034

-0.326

[-0.239, 0.171]

  1. Dataset: Medical student mental health (Carrard et al. 2022). Stars indicate significance levels: *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.