Table 4 |
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Means and standard deviations of personality traits, career motivation and importance of life goals according to speciality fields (n = 522) |
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Scale |
PC n = 45 Mean (SD) |
IM n = 126 Mean (SD) |
SG n = 68 Mean (SD) |
GO n = 31 Mean (SD) |
AN n = 40 Mean (SD) |
PAED n = 44 Mean (SD) |
PSY n = 25 Mean (SD) |
OS n = 60 Mean (SD) |
ND n = 83 Mean (SD) |
p |
Scheffé-test |
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Personality traits |
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SOC Sense of Coherence |
5.03 (0.73) |
4.99 (0.84) |
5.35 (0.82) |
5.03 (0.80) |
5.36 (0.77) |
4.91 (0.93) |
4.85 (1.03) |
5.21 (0.83) |
4.95 (0.77) |
0.011 |
PSY, PAED, ND < SG, AN |
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RSE Rosenberg-Self-Esteem |
2.42 (0.38) |
2.27 (0.48) |
2.48 (0.42) |
2.30 (0.37) |
2.50 (0.55) |
2.31 (0.40) |
2.27 (0.62) |
2.44 (0.39) |
2.33 (0.51) |
0.037 |
IM, PSY < SG, AN |
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PAQ1 Instrumentality |
4.03 (0.65) |
4.11 (0.63) |
4.63 (0.55) |
3.98 (0.73) |
4.42 (0.69) |
4.14 (0.67) |
3.89 (0.73) |
4.34 (0.59) |
4.00 (0.75) |
<0.001 |
PSY, GO, PC, ND < OS < AN < SG IM, PAED < SG, AN |
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PAQ1 Expressiveness |
4.93 (0.44) |
4.86 (0.51) |
4.76 (0.66) |
4.98 (0.56) |
4.85 (0.49) |
5.03 (0.53) |
4.97 (0.61) |
4.80 (0.64) |
4.91 (0.56) |
0.255 |
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Career motivation |
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CMQ2 Intrinsic motivation |
6.04 (0.51) |
6.09 (0.47) |
6.32 (0.42) |
6.09 (0.54) |
6.21 (0.40) |
6.18 (0.51) |
5.92 (0.59) |
6.16 (0.47) |
5.96 (0.61) |
0.001 |
PSY < OS, PAED, AN < SG |
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CMQ2 Extrinsic motivation |
3.41 (0.76) |
3.60 (0.76) |
4.18 (0.88) |
3.75 (0.81) |
3.53 (0.75) |
3.47 (0.72) |
3.79 (0.70) |
4.12 (0.87) |
3.41 (0.95) |
<0.001 |
SG, OS > rest |
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CMQ2 Extraprofessional concerns |
4.75 (0.87) |
4.55 (0.94) |
3.54 (1.03) |
4.44 (0.95) |
4.15 (1.20) |
4.25 (0.83) |
4.85 (1.02) |
4.21 (0.89) |
4.40 (1.00) |
<0.001 |
SG < rest AN, OS, PAED < PC, PSY |
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Importance of life goals (GOALS) |
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Intimacy |
4.63 (0.34) |
4.59 (0.43) |
4.41 (0.59) |
4.76 (0.31) |
4.59 (0.46) |
4.66 (0.47) |
4.50 (0.55) |
4.67 (0.37) |
4.58 (0.49) |
0.016 |
SG < GO |
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Affiliation |
3.50 (0.75) |
3.64 (0.69) |
3.46 (0.92) |
3.77 (0.79) |
3.64 (0.68) |
3.73 (0.76) |
3.53 (0.73) |
3.65 (0.69) |
3.62 (0.73) |
0.559 |
- |
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Altruism |
3.73 (0.70) |
3.61 (0.58) |
3.73 (0.77) |
3.58 (0.56) |
3.71 (0.79) |
3.96 (0.71) |
3.41 (0.43) |
3.55 (0.73) |
3.66 (0.74) |
0.40 |
- |
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Power |
2.53 (0.76) |
2.77 (0.77) |
3.07 (0.86) |
2.99 (0.63) |
2.63 (0.74) |
2.68 (0.70) |
2.97 (0.72) |
2.85 (0.76) |
2.70 (0.81) |
0.006 |
PC < GO, SG |
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Achievement |
4.03 (0.56) |
4.22 (0.49) |
4.45 (0.46) |
4.25 (0.47) |
4.34 (0.48) |
4.33 (0.52) |
4.21 (0.46) |
4.32 (0.48) |
4.19 (0.56) |
0.002 |
PC < OS, PAED, AN, SG |
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Variation |
3.80 (0.69) |
3.66 (0.70) |
3.82 (0.67) |
3.73 (0.75) |
3.86 (0.68) |
3.84 (0.66) |
3.43 (0.70) |
3.75 (0.75) |
3.75 (0.80) |
0.301 |
- |
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1PAQ Personal Attributes Questionnaire 2CMQ Career Motivation Questionnaire PC = Primary Care, IM = Internal Medicine, SG = Surgery, GO = G&O, AN = Anaesthesiology, PAED = Paediatrics, PSY = Psychiatry, OS = Other specialities, ND = Not decided |
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Buddeberg-Fischer et al. BMC Health Services Research 2006 6:137 doi:10.1186/1472-6963-6-137 |
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