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Table 2 Perceived distress caused by acts of mistreatment

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

 

Mistreatment act perceived as distressing

 

All %

W %

M %

χ2(1); p

Mistreatment act

 Shouting or yelling

53.4

60.0

46.5

2.37; .124

 Threatening with harm

19.3

24.4

14.0

1.05; .305

 Humiliation

50.0

68.9

30.2

11.44; .001

 Negative or devaluing remarks about future profession

18.2

20.0

16.3

0.08; .777

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

22.7

28.9

16.3

1.52; .218

 Sexual discrimination and harassment

29.5

40.0

18.6

4.00; .046

 Hitting, shoving, kicking

17.0

20.0

14.0

0.43; .514

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