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Table 1 Descriptive Statistics of study variables

From: Can achievement goal theory provide a useful motivational perspective for explaining psychosocial attributes of medical students?

Variable

N. items

Possible range

Mean (SD)

Skewness

Kurtosis

Cronbach's α

PMI

8

1-7

5.25 (.79)

-.31

-.15

.84

LFT

14

1-5

2.21 (.58)

.56

.31

.85

Mastery

5

1-5

3.93 (.49)

-.21

-.31

.66

P-Ap

6

1-5

2.46 (.85)

.10

-.88

.90

P-Av

6

1-5

1.91 (.61)

.30

-.14

.77

  1. Note. PMI - Psychological Medical Inventory; LFT - Low Frustration Tolerance; P-Ap - Performance Approach; P-Av - Performance Avoidance.
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