Table 2.
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) |
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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Submissiveness: M = 0.7 (SD = 0.38) Aggression: M = 0.6 (SD = 0.37) Sociability/Withdrawn: M = 0.8 (SD = 0.43) |
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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)