Table 7 Personality traits and likelihood of choosing psychiatry
From: Why medical students choose psychiatry - a 20 country cross-sectional survey
Personality trait (International English Mini-Markers scale) | Unlikely mean (SD) | Likely mean (SD) | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
Extraversion | 17.4 (3.7) | 17.3 (3.7) | 0.84 |
Openness | 18.3 (3.3) | 18.6 (3.7) | 0.32 |
Neuroticism | 16.0 (3.7) | 15.7 (4.0) | 0.55 |
Conscientiousness | 17.5 (4.2) | 17.4 (4.3) | 0.72 |
Agreeableness | 21.0 (3.3) | 21.1 (3.5) | 0.76 |