Table 4 Personality traits (personality and career-related factors, means) of high school students grouped according to their choice of university major. Part 2: Comparisons of human medicine against all others (t-test, difference and Cohen's effect size)
Part 2: Comparisons of human medicine against all others t-test,difference und Cohen's effect size) | Human medicine | All other disciplines together (except human medicine) | Difference | CI low | CI up | Cohen's effect size | P-value t-test |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | N = 149 | N = 307 |  |  |  |  |  |
Career Motivation* | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 CMQ Intrinsic motivation | 5.87 | 5.53 | 0.338 | 0.207 | 0.470 | 0.526 |  < 0.001 |
 CMQ Extrinsic motivation | 4.34 | 4.23 | 0.111 | -0.058 | 0.280 | 0.138 | 0.197 |
 CMQ Extraprofessional concerns | 3.68 | 4.03 | -0.346 | -0.517 | -0.175 | -0.432 |  < 0.001 |
Importance of Life Goals** | |||||||
 Intimacy | 4.40 | 4.39 | 0.152 | -0.126 | 0.157 | 0.024 | 0.832 |
 Affiliation | 3.59 | 3.42 | 0.165 | -0.009 | 0.339 | 0.211 | 0.064 |
 Altruism | 4.32 | 3.89 | 0.431 | 0.278 | 0.583 | 0.608 |  < 0.001 |
 Power | 2.88 | 2.86 | 0.024 | -0.168 | 0.216 | 0.028 | 0.808 |
 Achievement | 4.30 | 4.06 | 0.245 | 0.118 | 0.373 | 0.425 |  < 0.001 |
 Variation | 4.29 | 4.14 | 0.148 | -0.011 | 0.306 | 0.208 | 0.068 |
Perceptions of the future*** | |||||||
 Leading position as a main goal | 3.44 | 3.01 | 0.429 | 0.197 | 0.661 | 0.398 |  < 0.001 |
 Challenges in work but also time for other things | 4.58 | 4.60 | -0.021 | -0.179 | 0.137 | -0.029 | 0.795 |
 Part-time work to have more private time | 3.82 | 3.94 | -0.129 | -0.374 | 0.116 | -0.115 | 0.151 |
 May leave work to do something else | 1.80 | 2.27 | -0.467 | -0.715 | -0.218 | -0.405 |  < 0.001 |
 Reduction of work to temporarily have more family time | 3.04 | 3.39 | -0.344 | -0.593 | -0.094 | -0.299 | 0.007 |
Sense of Coherence (SOC) | 4.58 | 4.41 | 2.026 | 0.075 | 3.976 | 0.217 | 0.042 |