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Table 1 Background information of the medical students (n = 93)

From: Medical students’ resilience: a protective role on stress and quality of life in clerkship

Variable

Mean (Freq.)

SD (%)

Confirmatory factor analysesb

Regression estimation lambda

Critical ratio (CR)

Squared multiple correlation

Demographics

 Sex

  Male

(43)

(46)

   

  Female

(50)

(54)

   

 Age (Year)

22.903

0.933

   

Resiliencea (scale 1~7)

5.494

0.735

   

 When I am in a difficult situation, I can usually find my way out of it.

5.645

1.007

0.949

8.604

0.688

 My belief in myself gets me through hard times.

5.538

1.119

1.000

(Constrained)

0.619

 I usually manage one way or another.

6.118

0.640

0.545

7.597

0.561

 In an emergency, I am someone people can generally rely on.

5.538

1.175

0.986

7.456

0.544

 I am determined.

5.333

1.192

0.853

6.185

0.396

 I can get through difficult times because I have experienced difficulty before.

5.398

1.217

0.829

5.846

0.359

 My life has meaning.

5.688

1.113

0.754

5.811

0.355

 I can usually find something to laugh about.

5.903

1.124

0.693

5.230

0.295

 I keep interested in things.

5.215

1.374

0.834

5.138

0.285

 I feel that I can handle many things at a time.

4.806

1.505

0.878

4.919

0.264

 I usually take things in stride.

4.000

1.460

0.899

5.223

0.294

 I fell proud that I have accomplished things in life.

6.151

0.955

0.464

4.032

0.182

 I am friends with myself.

6.086

1.049

0.395

3.087

0.110

  1. a One item from the original Resilience Scale (RS-14) by Wagnild [19] was deleted due to having a factor loading of < 0.4
  2. bOverall model fit of resilience according to Bollen-Stine χ2 = 89.766, df = 65, Normed Chi-sqr (χ2/df) = 1.381, GFI = 0.830, AGFI = 0.763, CFI = 0.945, IFI = 0.947, TLI = 0.934, RMSEA = 0.064, and Hoelter’s N = 67.766