Table 2.

Mean, SD and assessment time.

	Variable	Time	Mean (SD) and percent
Demographic variables	Gender	T1	Women 59 % Men 41%
	Age	T1	Mean = 21.6 (SD = 2.58)
	Father as physician	T1	No – 75.7% (n = 159) Yes – 14.8% (n = 31)
Personality variables	Basic Character Inventory	T1	Vulnerability: M = 3.8 (SD = 2.22) Intensity: M = 5.2 (SD = 2.22) Control: M = 3.2 (SD = 2.12) Reality weakness: M = 1.8 (SD = 1.67)
	Inventory of Interpersonal Problems	T2	Submissiveness: M = 0.7 (SD = 0.38) Aggression: M = 0.6 (SD = 0.37) Sociability/Withdrawn: M = 0.8 (SD = 0.43)
	Symptom checklist	T1	Mean = 0.55 (SD = 0.62)
	Self esteem	T1	Mean = 2.9 (SD = 0.62)
Medical school variables	Perceived Clinical Skills	T3	Mean = 5.0 (SD = 0.63)
	Well-being with peers	T2	Mean = 5.3 (SD = 1.00)
	Perceived medical school stress	T3	Mean = 2.43 (SD = 0.51)
	Identification with the doctor's role	T3	Mean = 4.9 (SD = 1.06)
Outcome Variable	Job satisfaction	T4	Mean = 5.2 (SD = .78)

T1, 1993 (beginning of medical school); T2, 1996; T3, 1999 (end of medical school); T4, 2003 (four years after graduation)