Table 5.
Person factor comparisons within each subdomain of the PTMQ
| Subdomain | Course | Sex | Time in Teaching | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine | Medical Imaging | Optometry | Male | Female | < 1 year | 1–5 years | 6–10 years | > 10 years | |||||
| Intrinsic | Person Ability (logits) | -2.85 ± 2.07 | -3.95 ± 1.82 | -3.24 ± 2.17 | -3.05 ± 1.95 | -3.36 ± 2.33 | -3.18 ± 2.32 | -3.21 ± 2.08 | -3.01 ± 2.11 | -3.33 ± 2.20 | |||
| F-Statistic | 1.79 | 0.74 | 0.12 | ||||||||||
| p-value | 0.17 | 0.39 | 0.95 | ||||||||||
| Identified | Person Ability (logits) | -5.67 ± 2.18 | -6.10 ± 1.92 | -5.17 ± 2.20 | -5.36 ± 2.31 | -5.64 ± 1.96 | -5.25 ± 1.99 | -5.38 ± 2.21 | -5.48 ± 2.32 | -5.88 ± 1.95 | |||
| F-Statistic | 1.59 | 0.60 | 0.34 | ||||||||||
| p-value | 0.21 | 0.44 | 0.80 | ||||||||||
| Introjected | Person Ability (logits) | -2.45 ± 2.61 | -1.08 ± 3.60 | -2.54 ± 2.36 | -2.35 ± 2.66 | -2.34 ± 2.63 | -2.03 ± 3.01 | -2.17 ± 2.49 | -2.71 ± 2.58 | -2.42 ± 3.08 | |||
| F-Statistic | 2.12 | 0.0003 | 0.41 | ||||||||||
| p-value | 0.12 | 0.99 | 0.75 | ||||||||||
| Career | Person Ability (logits) | -1.20 ± 1.30 | 1.12 ± 1.44 | -0.32 ± 1.47 | -0.53 ± 1.66 | -0.46 ± 1.42 | 0.01 ± 2.14 | -0.13 ± 1.30 | -1.13 ± 1.47 | -0.84 ± 1.80 | |||
| F-Statistic | 18.17 | 0.07 | 4.48 | ||||||||||
| p-value | < 0.0001 | 0.80 | 0.0049 | ||||||||||
| External | Person Ability (logits) | -3.01 ± 2.26 | -0.53 ± 2.67 | -3.12 ± 2.19 | -2.97 ± 2.50 | -2.51 ± 2.24 | -2.18 ± 2.55 | -2.80 ± 2.25 | -3.48 ± 2.08 | -1.85 ± 2.99 | |||
| F-Statistic | 8.94 | 1.24 | 2.53 | ||||||||||
| p-value | < 0.0001 | 0.27 | 0.059 | ||||||||||
| Amotivation | Person Ability (logits) | -2.66 ± 2.13 | -3.02 ± 1.51 | -2.46 ± 1.94 | -2.27 ± 1.74 | -3.09 ± 2.19 | -1.72 ± 1.74 | -2.58 ± 1.83 | -2.56 ± 2.29 | -3.22 ± 1.80 | |||
| F-Statistic | 0.56 | 6.16 | 1.56 | ||||||||||
| p-value | 0.57 | 0.014 | 0.20 | ||||||||||
Significant values are presented in bold.