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Table 1 Participants’ characteristics

From: Need for cognitive closure, tolerance for ambiguity, and perfectionism in medical school applicants

Sociodemographic data

Applicants (total)

Admitted applicants

Rejected applicants

Cohen’s d

 N

173

88

85

 

 Sex (female/male)

120/53

64/24

56/29

 

 Age (mean ± SD)

19.90 ± 1.63

20.24 ± 1.60

19.55 ± 1.60**

0.43

Selection criteria (mean ± SD)

 GPA

1.51 ± 0.19

1.51 ± 0.18

1.52 ± 0.20

0.05

 GPA score

49.71 ± 3.77

49.80 ± 3.56

49.62 ± 3.98

0.05

 HAM-Nat score

35.55 ± 4.20

36.32 ± 3.77

34.75 ± 4.49**

0.38

 HAM-Int score

34.82 ± 4.97

38.23 ± 2.95

31.31 ± 4.11***

1.94

 Total score

120.09 ± 5.58

124.35 ± 3.17

115.68 ± 3.82***

2.47

Personality measures (mean ± SD)

 16-NCCS

2.89 ± 0.59

2.77 ± 0.59

3.01 ± 0.57**

0.40

 TAS

3.55 ± 0.48

3.57 ± 0.47

3.53 ± 0.49

0.09

 Adaptive Perfectionism (AP)

.01 ± 1.79

0.14 ± 1.81

-0.13 ± 1.77

0.15

 Maladaptive Perfectionism (MP)

-.02 ± 2.45

-0.23 ± 2.37

0.22 ± 2.54

0.18

  1. GPA high school grade point average (best score: 1.0; worst score: 6.0), HAM-Nat = Hamburg Assessment Test for Medicine – Natural Science Test, HAM-Int = Hamburg Assessment Test for Medicine – Interview, 16-NCCS 16-item Need for Cognitive Closure Scale, TAS Tolerance for Ambiguity Scale, **: p < .01, ***: p < .001