Relationship between personality, resilience, and empathy among dental students: A cross-sectional study

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World J Psychiatry. Apr 19, 2026; 16(4): 116146
Published online Apr 19, 2026. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v16.i4.116146

Table 4 Mediation of resilience in the correlation between personality traits and empathy

Predictor	Path coefficient				a × b⁵ (bias-corrected and accelerated 95%CI)
Predictor	c¹	a²	b³	c’⁴	a × b⁵ (bias-corrected and accelerated 95%CI)
Extraversion	0.084	0.373	0.104^a	0.045^a	0.059 (0.001-0.117)
Agreeableness	0.832^a	0.413^a	0.104^a	0.789	0.063 (0.004-0.121)
Conscientiousness	-0.037^a	0.933^a	0.104^a	-0.134	0.119^a (0.027-0.211)
Neuroticism	1.091	-0.043^a	0.104^a	-1.905^a	-0.008 (-0.057-0.041)
Openness	0.577^a	1.216^a	0.104^a	0.45	0.087^a (0.032-0.269)

^aP < 0.05. The type of mediation was determined based on the significance of the indirect effect and the direct effect (c’). A non-significant direct effect (c’) indicates complete mediation, whereas a significant direct effect indicates partial mediation.

¹Correlations between personality traits and empathy (total effect).

²Correlations between personality traits and resilience.

³Correlations between resilience and empathy after controlling for predictors.

⁴Correlations between personality traits and empathy with resilience as the mediating variable (direct effect).

⁵Indirect effect (mediation effect) with bias-corrected and accelerated 95%CI.

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Citation: You LF, Qin J, Sun YW, Gao Q. Relationship between personality, resilience, and empathy among dental students: A cross-sectional study. World J Psychiatry 2026; 16(4): 116146
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You LF, Qin J, Sun YW, Gao Q. Relationship between personality, resilience, and empathy among dental students: A cross-sectional study. World J Psychiatry 2026; 16(4): 116146 [DOI: 10.5498/wjp.v16.i4.116146]

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