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Table 3 Distribution of students among the 4 clusters/profiles along with the gender distribution

From: Motivational profiles of medical students: Association with study effort, academic performance and exhaustion

Cluster membership

Interest + status motivated (HIHC)

Interest- motivated (HILC)

Status-motivated (LIHC)

Low-motivation (LILC)

Total

Intrinsic motivation Z-score – Mean (SD)

5.703 (0.419)

5.071 (0.370)

4.639 (0.392)

3.857 (0.452)

4.887 (0.734)

Controlled motivation Z- score – Mean (SD)

4.960 (0.742)

2.903 (0.699)

4.640 (0.574)

2.823 (0.881)

3.960 (1.187)

No. of students in cluster (%)

213 (25.2%)

220 (26.1%)

268 (31.8%)

143 (16.9%)

844 (100%)

Males

61 (27%)

35 (15.5%)

92 (40.7%)

38 (16.8%)

226 (100%)

Females

152 (24.6%)

185 (30%)

176 (28.4%)

105 (17%)

618 (100%)

Chi-square statistic for gender

21.42

    

Significance

p = 0.00

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