Life satisfaction and resilience in medical school – a six-year longitudinal, nationwide and comparative study

BMC Medical Education

Table 3 Predictors of stable high life satisfaction in medical school

Variable	OR	95% CI	p-value
Age (years)
Unadjusted	1.00	0.90–1.11	.96
*Adjusted*	0.96	0.83–1.11	.62
Gender (female)
Unadjusted	0.86	0.50–1.48	.58
*Adjusted*	1.30	0.59–2.88	.52
BCI – vulnerability
Unadjusted	0.80	0.71–0.91	< .01**
*Adjusted*	0.88	0.74–1.06	.17
BCI – intensity
Unadjusted	1.10	0.97–1.24	.13
*Adjusted*	0.99	0.85–1.17	.95
BCI – control
Unadjusted	0.95	0.84–1.08	.41
*Adjusted*	1.18	0.99–1.40	.07
PMSS – academic worries
Unadjusted	0.80	0.74–0.87	< .01**
*Adjusted*	0.92	0.83–1.01	.09
PMSS – social and personal renunciations
Unadjusted	0.77	0.70–0.84	< .01**
*Adjusted*	0.76	0.68–0.85	< .01**
WCCL – problem focused
Unadjusted	1.07	1.01–1.14	.03*
*Adjusted*	1.06	0.98–1.15	.14
WCCL -social support
Unadjusted	1.11	1.02–1.20	.02*
*Adjusted*	1.07	0.96–1.18	.24
WCCL – wishful thinking
Unadjusted	0.90	0.85–0.95	< .01**
*Adjusted*	0.93	0.87–1.0	.04*

Note: Stable high life satisfaction is the reference group. OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval. * p < .05; ** p < .01. BCI = Basic Character Inventory; PMSS = Perceived Medical School Stress; WCCL = Ways of Coping Check List.

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