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Table 6 Relationship between specialty choices and TOA and perfectionism post-clerkship

From: The erosion of ambiguity tolerance and sustainment of perfectionism in undergraduate medical training: results from multiple samplings of a single cohort

 

Primary care (n = 23)

Other (n = 17)

     
 

Mean

s.d.

Mean

s.d.

t-value

df

p-value

95% CI

 

SelfCrita

3.05

0.76

3.45

1.01

1.43

38

0.16

−0.97

0.17

Rigidb

2.96

0.89

3.38

1.21

1.28

38

0.21

−1.10

0.25

Narcisc

1.89

0.71

1.63

0.76

1.13

38

0.27

−0.21

0.74

PerfTOTd

2.59

0.56

2.75

0.74

0.76

38

0.45

−0.58

0.26

TOAe

44.15

5.38

41.28

9.77

1.19

38

0.24

−2.01

7.76

  1. s.d. Standard deviation, Df Degrees of freedom, CI Confidence interval
  2. a Self-critical perfectionism,
  3. bRigid perfectionism
  4. c Narcistic perfectionism,
  5. dTotal perfectionism
  6. e Tolerance of ambiguity
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