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Table 3 Relationship between demographic variables with learning styles and clinical competency of the participants

From: Relationship between learning styles and clinical competency in nursing students

Demographic characteristics

Clinical competency

Diverging

Accommodating

Assimilating

Converging

Age

0.016*

(r = + 0.31)

0.761**

(F: 0.039)

0.549**

(F: 0.082)

0.145**

(F: 1.18)

0.340**

(F: 0.095)

Gender

0.124***

(t: 0.232)

0.312**

(F: 0.109)

0.097**

(F: 2.02)

0.184**

(0.098)

0.077**

(F: 2.55)

Marital status

0.644***

(t: 0.243)

0.146**

(F: 1.17)

0.417**

(F: 0.127)

0.138**

(F: 1.42)

0.603**

(F: 0.067)

Semester

< 0.001**

(F: 12.40)

0.260**

(F: 0.176)

0.109**

(F: 1.12)

0.078**

(F: 2.85)

0.133**

(F: 1.02)

GPA

< 0.001**

(r = + 0.67)

0/091**

(F: 1.66)

0.257**

(F: 0.178)

0.545**

(F: 0.086)

0.104**

(F: 1.17)

Interest to nursing

< 0.001***

(t: 3.93)

0.321**

(F: 0.115)

0.790**

(F: 0.033)

0.711**

(F: 0.040)

0.222**

(F: 0.240)