A longitudinal cohort study observed increasing perfectionism and declining resilience, ambiguity tolerance and calling during medical school which is not explained by student personality

Table 4 Correlation matrix between temperament and character personality and psychological traits at baseline

	Novelty Seeking	Harm Avoidance	Reward Dependence	Persistence	Self-Directedness	Cooperativeness	Self-Transcend ence	Ambiguity Tolerance	Concern over Mistakes	High Standards	Resilience
Ambiguity Tolerance	0.121	-.561^a	0.116	.381^a	.407^a	.417^a	0.112	–
Concern over Mistakes	-0.134	.272^a	-0.034	0.035	-.262^a	-.249^a	-.176^b	-.264^a	–
High Standards	-0.080	-0.122	-0.136	.625^a	.197^b	0.099	0.147	.166^b	.269^a	–
Resilience	-0.001	-.610^a	0.023	.576^a	.680^a	.371^a	.166^b	.411^a	-.319^a	.235^a	–
Calling to Medicine	-0.156	-.184^b	0.025	.423^a	.276^a	.231^a	.250^a	.271^a	0.016	.337^a	.305^a