Measuring stress in medical education: validation of the Korean version of the higher education stress inventory with medical students

Table 5 HESI scores according to the level of self-rated physical health

	Self-rated physical health (N = 6644)			F	η ²	Post hoc
Variables	Poor^a (n = 1236)	Average^b (n = 3213)	Good^c (n = 2201)
Variables	M(SD)	M(SD)	M(SD)
HESI Total^d	2.68(.32)	2.53(.29)	2.42(.31)	84.09***	.025	c < b < a
Low commitment	2.13(.54)	1.97(.45)	1.82(.45)	78.52***	.023	c < b < a
Financial concern	2.29(.75)	2.18(.69)	2.01(.69)	15.95***	.005	c < b < a
Teacher-student relationship	2.90(.53)	2.74(.49)	2.66(.51)	21.97***	.007	c < b < a
Worries about future	3.13(.73)	2.98(.68)	2.85(.74)	18.63***	.006	c < b < a
Non-supportive Climate	2.94(.62)	2.73(.57)	2.63(.60)	26.63***	.008	c < b < a
Workload	3.27(.65)	3.08(.59)	2.98(.65)	17.98***	.005	c < b < a
Dissatisfaction with education	2.60(.48)	2.48(.44)	2.43(.46)	17.45***	.005	c < b < a

^a Poor; ^b Average; ^c Good; ^d K-HESI Item scores range from 1(does not apply at all) to 4(applies perfectly)
***p < .000

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