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. 2024 Nov 15;14:28144. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-79776-3

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics (N = 1049).

Online learning engagement
M(SD)
Motivation
M(SD)
Proactive personality
M(SD)
Positive emotions
M(SD)
Gender Male 3.11(0.87) 3.97(0.69) 3.81(0.84) 3.71(0.78)
Female 2.90(0.82) 3.91(0.59) 3.54(0.84). 3.51(0.71)
T-test 3.90*** 1.54 4.94*** 4.29***
Grade First-year 3.15(0.84) 4.07(0.60) 3.77(0.86) 3.72(0.77)
Second-year 2.92(0.84) 3.92(0.61) 3.60(0.86) 3.5(0.74)
Third-year 2.85(0.82) 3.81(0.60) 3.51(0.80) 3.5(0.66)
Fourth-year 2.66(0.76) 3.67(0.61) 3.41(0.82) 3.3(0.70)
Graduates 3.09(0.91) 3.93(0.83) 3.72(0.83) 3.57(0.71)
F-test 10.56*** 9.22*** 5.39*** 6.51***
Major STEM 2.93(0.82) 3.90(0.60) 3.65(0.78) 3.6(0.70)
Arts & sports 3.11(0.83) 4.02(0.65) 3.81(0.79) 3.72(0.71)
Literature & history 2.87(0.83) 3.86(0.61) 3.47(0.86) 3.4(0.72)
Economics & management 2.87(0.83) 3.89(0.57) 3.59(0.86) 3.52(0.71)
Others 2.94(0.90) 3.93(0.64) 3.50(0.97) 3.4(0.84)
F-test 2.59* 3.31* 6.57*** 5.48***
Course Taken 1–4 2.99(0.84) 3.95(0.60) 3.63(0.84) 3.57(0.74)
5–8 2.94(0.81) 3.93(0.62) 3.64(0.87) 3.6(0.73)
9–12 2.95(0.84) 3.91(0.66) 3.63(0.87) 3.5(0.70)
13 or more 2.90(0.96) 3.85(0.71) 3.57(0.84) 3.52(0.81)
F-test 0.78 0.48 0.14 0.33