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Table 1 Prevalence of mistreatment acts committed by the three most reported perpetrator groups

From: Gender differences and similarities in medical students’ experiences of mistreatment by various groups of perpetrators

 

Perpetrators: Strangers

Perpetrators: Friends

Perpetrators: University staff

All %

W %

M %

All %

W %

M %

All %

W %

M %

Mistreatment act

 Shouting or yelling

61.4

64.4

58.1

60.2

55.6

65.1

29.5

35.6

23.3

 Threatening with harm

37.5

31.1

44.2

13.6

11.1

16.3

3.4

2.2

4.7

 Humiliation

31.8

35.6

27.9

40.9

46.7

34.9

40.9

51.1

30.2

 Negative or devaluing remarks about future profession

30.7

26.7

34.9

28.4

28.9

27.9

23.9

26.7

20.9

 Discrimination on the basis of (ethnicity, religion or age)

28.4

33.3

23.3

21.6

15.6

27.9

22.7

22.2

23.3

 Sexual discrimination and harassment

35.2

55.6

14.0

19.3

20

18.6

17.0

26.7

7.0

 Hitting, shoving, kicking

18.2

13.3

23.3

27.3

15.6

39.5

1.1

0.0

2.3

  1. N = 88 (45 female, 43 male) medical students. W Women, M Men