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Table 4 Factors influencing response to the emotional clinical vignettes

From: Emotional intelligence among medical students: a mixed methods study from Chennai, India

S.No

Characteristics

Category

Below average response to emotional clinical vignettes

Above average response to emotional clinical vignettes

Chi square P value

Adjusted P value

1

Age (years)

18

4 (100.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0.346

0.843

19

18 (50.0%)

18 (50.0%)

20

41 (51.3%)

39 (48.8%)

21

32 (55.2%)

26 (44.8%)

22

15 (60.0%)

10 (40.0%)

23

1 (25.0%)

3 (75.0%)

2

Gender

Female

72 (49.7%)

73 (50.3%)

0.080

0.056#

Male

39 (62.9%)

23 (37.1%)

3

Native

City

51 (59.3%)

35 (40.7%)

0.372

0.253

Town

34 (48.6%)

36 (51.4%)

Village

26 (51.0%)

25 (49.0%)

4

Type of School for high school education

Private

89 (53.3%)

78 (46.7%)

0.846

0.453

Government

22 (55.0%)

18 (45.0%)

5

Total EI

Below average

58 (55.8%)

46 (44.2%)

0.534

0.452

Above average

53 (51.5%)

50 (48.5%)

  1. #Tending towards statistical significance