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Table 3 Correlation between variables on the hexagon and animation tasks and exit examination scores of medical students at Stellenbosch University

From: Facial affect recognition and exit examination performance in medical students: a prospective exploratory study

Correlation (r)

 

Surgery

Internal medicine

Family medicine

Paediatrics

Psychiatry

Obstetrics

Anaesthesiology

Ear nose and throat

Orthopaedics

Oncology

Urology

Mean performance

Hexagon task

            

Anger

.18

.14

.18

.14

.08

.13

.24**

.14

.03

.11

.24**

.12

Surprise

.12

.12

.13

.1

.05

-.01

.09

.09

.04

.09

.10

.03

Happy

-.01

-.02

-.03

-.04

-.02

-.05

0$

.09

-.04

0$

.04

-.06

Disgust

0$

0$

-.04

-.06

-.07

-.02

.01

.04

-.01

.02

.01

-.08

Fear

.06

.13

.03

.03

-.05

.11

.05

.07

-.02

.04

.08

.08

Sad

.02

.09

-.01

-.1

-.06

-.05

-.02

.05

-.07

-.01

-.01

-.01

Animation task

            

Happy

-.11

-.03

-.12

-.09

-.11

-.21 *

-.15

.06

-.05

-.03

.01

-.13

Angry

-.05

-.03

-.07

0$

-.06

-.17

-.1

.06

-.01

-.07

.07

-.09

Sad

-.03

-.02

-.04

.02

-.05

-.09

-.01

-.01

-.02

-.02

.01

-.08

  1. $r < 0.005; *P = 0.008; **p = 0.0002; Pearson correlations.