Table 3. The relationship between students’ demographic factors and their motivation, self-efficacy, and learning engagement.
IM | EM | SE | LE | Students’ motivation | Enrollment motivation | ||
Mean | Mean | Mean | Mean | Mean | Mean | ||
Method of admission | Medicine was my first choice | 10.32 | 9.65 | 9.63 | 9.03 | 29.59 | 19.97 |
Medicine was NOT my first choice | 8.96 | 8.85 | 9.30 | 8.19 | 27.11 | 17.81 | |
P-value | 0.00* | 0.028* | 0.048* | 0.041* | 0.000* | 0.001* | |
GPA of the last semester | <3.5 | 10.47 | 9.59 | 9.50 | 8.66 | 29.56 | 20.06 |
3.5-3.99 | 10.02 | 9.49 | 9.35 | 8.54 | 28.86 | 19.51 | |
4-4.49 | 9.92 | 9.36 | 9.26 | 8.90 | 28.55 | 19.29 | |
4.5-4.74 | 10.21 | 9.78 | 9.96 | 9.14 | 29.95 | 19.99 | |
4.75-5 | 10.42 | 9.66 | 9.71 | 9.15 | 29.79 | 20.08 | |
P-value | 0.072 | 0.649 | 0.101 | 0.237 | 0.190 | 0.07 | |
GPA (divided into two categories) | <4.5 | 10.06 | 9.45 | 9.34 | 8.72 | 28.85 | 19.51 |
>4.5 | 10.35 | 9.70 | 9.79 | 9.15 | 29.84 | 20.05 | |
P-value | 0.04* | 0.175 | 0.012* | 0.035* | 0.041* | 0.008* |