Is perfect good? – Dimensions of perfectionism in newly admitted medical students

BMC Medical Education

Table 1 Sociodemographic data of the participants

		High school degree	HAM-Nat	HAM-Int	Waiting period	Others
		(N = 50)	(N = 98)	(N = 66)	(N = 51)	(N = 33)
Age (years)		19.10 ± 1.40	19.40 ± 1.60	19.80 ± 1.90	28.10 ± 3.70^a	22.60 ± 4.10^b
Sex (F/M)		30/20	47/50	56/10	35/16	11/21
GPA		1.00 ± 0.00^c	1.39 ± 0.19^d	1.35 ± 0.19^e	2.33 ± 0.39	1.79 ± 0.55^f
BFI-10
	Extraversion	3.50 ± 1.04	3.42 ± 0.99	3.65 ± 0.94	3.48 ± 1.01	3.48 ± 1.02
	Agreeableness	3.19 ± 0.78	3.60 ± 0.76^g,h	3.40 ± 0.82	3.34 ± 0.73	3.14 ± 0.73
	Conscientious.	4.05 ± 0.80^i,j	3.60 ± 0.76	3.77 ± 0.75	3.58 ± 0.79	3.67 ± 0.79
	Neuroticism	2.94 ± 0.99	3.01 ± 0.83	3.05 ± 0.9	2.91 ± 0.92	2.70 ± 0.98
	Openness	3.41 ± 0.75	3.34 ± 0.75	3.30 ± 0.76	3.39 ± 0.74	3.24 ± 0.67
GSE		30.22 ± 3.74	29.89 ± 3.42	28.77 ± 3.46	29.49 ± 4.58	29.54 ± 4.21
PHQ-9		4.35 ± 3.49	5.24 ± 4.02	4.20 ± 3.53	4.59 ± 2.97	5.67 ± 4.37
GAD-7		3.57 ± 3.73	4.02 ± 3.35	3.97 ± 3.41	3.47 ± 2.57	4.60 ± 2.99

Notes: GPA grade point average, BFI-10 Big Five Inventory, GSE General self-efficacy scale, PHQ-9 patient health questionnaire 9, GAD-7 generalized anxiety disorder 7. For age, GPA, BFI-10), GSE, PHQ-9 and GAD-7 mean and SD are reported. For sex (F: female, M: male), the sample size (N) is reported. a = Waiting period vs. High school degree, HAM-Nat, HAM-Int and Others: p < .001; b = Others vs. High school degree, HAM-Nat and HAM-Int: p < .001; c = High school degree vs. HAM-Nat, HAM-Int, Waiting period and Others: p < .001; d = HAM-Nat vs. Waiting period and Others: p < .001; e = HAM-Int vs. waiting period and Others: p < .001; f = Others vs. Waiting period: p < .001; g = Ham-Nat vs. High school: p = .03; h = Ham-Nat vs. others: p = .04; i = High school degree vs. Ham-Nat: p = .04; j = High school degree vs. waiting period: p = .02

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