Table 4.

Multiple regression for Career-Success Scale (CSS) as dependent variable (bivariate correlations and beta weights)

Independent variables	Bivariate correlation with CSS	Beta weight in multiple regression
Personality factors
- Gender (female)	-0.32***	-0.12**
- Sense of Coherence	0.05	0.01
- Instrumentality	0.24***	0.04
Personal situation
- Parents' education (academics)	0.02	-0.02
- Partnership (yes)	0.05	0.04
- Doing the chores myself	-0.06	0.06
Career related factors
- Extrinsic career motivation	0.19***	0.06
- Extraprofessional concerns	-0.30***	-0.04
- Academic career (yes)	0.66***	0.56***
- Specialty choice (surgery)	0.31***	0.10*
- Mentoring	0.34***	0.15***
Adjusted R Square		0.50***

* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001