Table 7 Relationship between specialty preference and personality
From: Importance of the big-five in the future medical specialty preference
Specialty group | MANCOVA | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
IPIP 50 | S | IM | PH | P | AEM | D | F | ηp2 | P |
Extraversion | 34 (29–39) | 33 (29–37) | 33 (30–36) | 33 (26–40) | 33 (28–38) | 35 (30–40) | 0.752 | 0.009 | 0.585 |
Agreeableness | 37 (33–41) | 38 (34–42) | 37 (33–41) | 40 (37–43) | 38 (34–42) | 39 (36–42) | 1.541 | 0.019 | 0.176 |
Conscientiousness | 36 (21–41) | 36 (32–40) | 34 (29–39) | 36 (32–40) | 38 (32–44) | 37 (32–42) | 0.383 | 0.005 | 0.860 |
Emotional stability | 33 (28–38) | 31 (37–36) | 32 (26–38) | 32 (24–40) | 32 (27–37) | 33 (29–37) | 0.913 | 0.011 | 0.472 |
Intellect/ imagination | 37 (34–41) | 36 (33–41) | 34 (30–37) | 39 (35–45) | 37 (34–41) | 38 (33–40) | 3.779 | 0.046 | 0.002 |