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Table 1 Correlation coefficients for admissions scores and background versus MES-UC dimension and global scores, for the 2015 cohort

From: Student motivation to learn: is self-belief the key to transition and first year performance in an undergraduate health professions program?

 

Self-belief

Learning focus

Valuing

Persistence

Planning

Task management

Anxiety

Failure avoidance

Uncertain control

Self-sabotage

Disengagement

Global booster thoughts

Global booster behaviours

Global mufflers

Global guzzlers

Interview Score

r

0.188

0.332

0.354

0.250

0.274

0.261

−0.010

−0.180

−0.054

− 0.272

− 0.406

0.365

0.310

− 0.100

− 0.391

p-value

0.206

0.023*

0.015*

0.090

0.062

0.077

0.946

0.226

0.720

0.064

0.005*

0.012*

0.034*

0.505

0.007*

Educational score

ρ

0.070

−0.099

−0.172

− 0.200

−0.030

0.030

0.094

0.091

0.066

0.106

0.309

−0.073

−0.062

0.071

0.204

p-value

0.637

0.505

0.242

0.174

0.842

0.841

0.524

0.537

0.655

0.472

0.033*

0.620

0.676

0.631

0.164

School leaver

r pb

0.018

0.031

0.189

−0.092

− 0.018

0.126

0.225

0.198

0.352

0.275

0.113

−0.105

−0.021

− 0.302

−0.248

p-value

0.896

0.824

0.166

0.505

0.895

0.361

0.099

0.147

0.008*

0.042*

0.411

0.446

0.880

0.025*

0.068

  1. *p < 0.05