| Three blocks of independent variables |
Adjusted for socio-cultural information |
Adjusted for personality traits |
Adjusted for PBL negative preference |
| Β (standardized coefficient) |
t
|
p-value |
Β (standardized coefficient) |
t
|
p-value |
Β (standardized coefficient) |
t
|
p-value |
| Block 1: Socio-cultural info |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| (Constant) |
|
4.21 |
0.001 |
|
4.99 |
0.001 |
|
6.46 |
0.001 |
| Gender (1: Male, 2: Female) |
-0.12 |
-2.63 |
0.009 |
-0.09 |
-1.87 |
0.062 |
-0.11 |
-2.34 |
0.020 |
| Age |
-0.04 |
-0.59 |
0.559 |
-0.03 |
-0.42 |
0.677 |
-0.05 |
-0.88 |
0.382 |
| Cohabitation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Living alone |
-0.07 |
-0.64 |
0.523 |
-0.14 |
-1.29 |
0.200 |
-0.12 |
-1.14 |
0.255 |
| With parents etc. |
-0.06 |
-0.64 |
0.522 |
-010 |
-1.05 |
0.296 |
-0.12 |
-1.42 |
0.158 |
| Fellow students |
-0.26 |
-1.77 |
0.078 |
-0.31 |
-2.18 |
0.030 |
-0.27 |
-2.11 |
0.036 |
| Partner / children |
-0.21 |
-1.85 |
0.065 |
-0.24 |
-2.21 |
0.028 |
-0.20 |
-2.04 |
0.042 |
| Medical school info |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1st Year |
-0.09 |
-1.35 |
0.177 |
-0.10 |
-1.46 |
0.145 |
-0.11 |
-1.81 |
0.071 |
| 2nd Year |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 6th Year |
0.15 |
2.68 |
0.008 |
0.15 |
2.76 |
0.006 |
0.19 |
3.67 |
0.001 |
| Nepal |
-0.46 |
-7.98 |
0.001 |
-0.56 |
-8.91 |
0.001 |
-058 |
-10.05 |
0.001 |
| Norway |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| N Dakota |
-0.25 |
-3.36 |
0.001 |
-0.23 |
-3.14 |
0.002 |
-0.15 |
-2.19 |
0.029 |
| R2 adjusted |
0.20 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| F of equation |
F=10.73; p<0.001 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Block 2: Personality traits |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Neuroticism |
|
|
|
0.11 |
1.99 |
0.047 |
0.14 |
2.79 |
0.006 |
| Extraversion |
|
|
|
-0.14 |
-2.68 |
0.008 |
-0.05 |
-1.05 |
0.293 |
| Openness to experience |
|
|
|
-0.11 |
-2.53 |
0.012 |
-0.06 |
-1.29 |
0.196 |
| Agreeableness |
|
|
|
-0.11 |
-1.91 |
0.057 |
-0.12 |
-2.42 |
0.016 |
| Conscientiousness |
|
|
|
0.07 |
1.33 |
0.184 |
0.16 |
3.44 |
0.001 |
| R2 adjusted |
|
|
|
0.26 |
|
|
|
|
|
| F of equation |
|
|
|
F=10.03; p<0.001 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Block 3: Opposite PBL preference |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| PBL Negative |
|
|
|
|
|
|
-0.37 |
-8.17 |
0.001 |
| R2 adjusted |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.37 |
|
|
| F of equation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
F=15.20; p<0.001 |
|
|
Int J Med Educ. 2015; 6:84-92; doi: 10.5116/ijme.558e.6451