Table 6 The correlation between the mean score of the compassion competence, caring behaviour, and professional commitment among nursing students (n = 200)
|  | Professional Commitment (10–13) | Caring Behaviour (5–9) | Compassion Competence (1–4) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |
1.communication | 1 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
2.sensivity | r = 0.54 P < 0.001* |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
3.insight | r = 0.66 P < 0.001* | r = 0.95 P < 0.001* | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
4.total Compassion competence | r = 0.91 P < 0.001* | r = 0.79 P < 0.001* | r = 0.85 P < 0.001* | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
5.respectfullness | r = 0.36 P < 0.001* | r = 0.50 P < 0.001* | r = 0.44 P < 0.001* | r = 0.49 P < 0.001* | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
6.connectedness | r = 0.51 P < 0.001* | r = 0.60 P < 0.001* | r = 0.59 P < 0.001* | r = 0.64 P < 0.001* | r = 0.66 P < 0.001* | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
7.knowledge.skill | r = 0.51 P < 0.001* | r = 0.54 P < 0.001* | r = 0.59 P < 0.001* | r = 0.61 P < 0.001* | r = 0.55 P < 0.001* | r = 0.74 P < 0.001* | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
8.assurance | r = 0.56 P < 0.001* | r = 0.57 P < 0.001* | r = 0.63 P < 0.001* | r = 0.57 P < 0.001* | r = 0.67 P < 0.001* | r = 0.73 P < 0.001* | r = 0.70 P < 0.001* | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |
9.total Caring behaviour | r = 0.42 P < 0.001* | r = 0.64 P < 0.001* | r = 0.64 P < 0.001* | r = 0.70 P < 0.001* | r = 0.82 P < 0.001* | r = 0.46 P < 0.001* | r = 0.84 P < 0.001* | r = 0.89 P < 0.001* | 1 |  |  |  |  |
10.willingness | r = 0.42 P < 0.001* | r = 0.32 P < 0.001* | r = 0.42 P < 0.001* | r = 0.46 P < 0.001* | r = 0.39 P < 0.001* | r = 0.40 P < 0.001* | r = 0.36 P < 0.001* | r = 0.42 P < 0.001* | r = 0.46 P < 0.001* | 1 |  |  |  |
11.maintaining | r = 0.11 P = 0.106 | r = 0.21 P < 0.001* | r = 0.06 P = 0.364 | r = 0.15 P = 0.041* | r = 0.26 P < 0.001* | r = 0.25 P < 0.001* | r = 0.16 P = 0.022* | r = 0.21 P < 0.001* | r = 0.26 P < 0.001* | r = 0.34 P < 0.001* | 1 |  |  |
12.belief | r = 0.25 P < 0.001* | r = 0.34 P < 0.001* | r = 0.25 P = 0.076* | r = 0.32 P < 0.001* | r = 0.28 P < 0.001* | r = 0.37 P < 0.001* | r = 0.25 P < 0.001* | r = 0.39 P < 0.001* | r = 0.38 P < 0.001* | r = 0.54 P < 0.001* | r = 0.34 P < 0.001* | 1 |  |
13.total Professional commitment | r = 0.36 P < 0.001* | r = 0.36 P < 0.001* | r = 0.34 P < 0.001* | r = 0.41 P < 0.001* | r = 0.41 P < 0.001* | r = 0.43 P < 0.001* | r = 0.34 P < 0.001* | r = 0.43 P < 0.001* | r = 0.48 P < 0.001* | r = 0.88 P < 0.001* | r = 0.72 P < 0.001* | r = 0.68 P < 0.001* | 1 |