Relationship between Self-Compassion and Uneasiness about the Professional Future among Dental Hygiene Students: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 4

Difference in scores on the SCS and its subdomains based on the participants’ response to each question.

	N	SCS	Positive-SCS	Negative-SCS
Q1
No	68	35.5 (18–51)	18 (9–25)	18.5 (8–30)
Yes	396	36 (12–56)	18 (6–29)	19 (6–30)
p-Value		0.619	0.258	0.905
Q2
No	332	35 (12–56)	18 (6–27)	20 (6–30)
Yes	132	39 (16–56)	20 (8–29)	17 (6–30)
p-Value		<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Q3
No	26	35 (18–49)	17.5 (9–24)	19 (11–28)
Yes	428	36 (12–56)	18 (6–29)	19 (6–30)
p-Value		0.465	0.311	0.943
Q4
No	79	35 (15–51)	18 (9–25)	19 (6–30)
Yes	385	36 (12–56)	19 (6–29)	19 (6–30)
p-Value		0.116	0.022	0.561
Q5
No	208	38 (24–56)	19 (6–27)	17 (6–30)
Yes	256	34 (12–56)	18 (6–29)	20 (6–30)
p-Value		<0.001	0.017	<0.001
Q6
No	397	36 (15–56)	18.5 (6–29)	18.5 (6–30)
Yes	67	34 (12–56)	18 (6–26)	20 (6–30)
p-Value		<0.001	0.017	<0.001

Note: SCS, self-compassion scale.