Table 4. PBL Negative preference from the PBL Preference Inventory as dependent in hierarchical linear regression analysis with three blocks of independent variables from survey (N=436).
| Three blocks of independent variables | Adjusted for socio-cultural information | Adjusted for personality traits | Adjusted for PBL negative preference | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Β (standardized coefficient) | t | p-value | Β (standardized coefficient) | t | p-value | Β (standardized coefficient) | t | p-value | |
| Block 1: Socio-cultural info | |||||||||
| (Constant) | 4.21 | 0.001 | 4.99 | 0.001 | 6.46 | 0.001 | |||
| Gender (1: Male, 2: Female) | -0.12 | -2.63 | 0.009 | -0.09 | -1.87 | 0.062 | -0.11 | -2.34 | 0.020 |
| Age | -0.04 | -0.59 | 0.559 | -0.03 | -0.42 | 0.677 | -0.05 | -0.88 | 0.382 |
| Cohabitation | |||||||||
| Living alone | -0.07 | -0.64 | 0.523 | -0.14 | -1.29 | 0.200 | -0.12 | -1.14 | 0.255 |
| With parents etc. | -0.06 | -0.64 | 0.522 | -010 | -1.05 | 0.296 | -0.12 | -1.42 | 0.158 |
| Fellow students | -0.26 | -1.77 | 0.078 | -0.31 | -2.18 | 0.030 | -0.27 | -2.11 | 0.036 |
| Partner / children | -0.21 | -1.85 | 0.065 | -0.24 | -2.21 | 0.028 | -0.20 | -2.04 | 0.042 |
| Medical school info | |||||||||
| 1st Year | -0.09 | -1.35 | 0.177 | -0.10 | -1.46 | 0.145 | -0.11 | -1.81 | 0.071 |
| 2nd Year | |||||||||
| 6th Year | 0.15 | 2.68 | 0.008 | 0.15 | 2.76 | 0.006 | 0.19 | 3.67 | 0.001 |
| Nepal | -0.46 | -7.98 | 0.001 | -0.56 | -8.91 | 0.001 | -058 | -10.05 | 0.001 |
| Norway | |||||||||
| N Dakota | -0.25 | -3.36 | 0.001 | -0.23 | -3.14 | 0.002 | -0.15 | -2.19 | 0.029 |
| R2 adjusted | 0.20 | ||||||||
| F of equation | F=10.73; p<0.001 | ||||||||
| Block 2: Personality traits | |||||||||
| Neuroticism | 0.11 | 1.99 | 0.047 | 0.14 | 2.79 | 0.006 | |||
| Extraversion | -0.14 | -2.68 | 0.008 | -0.05 | -1.05 | 0.293 | |||
| Openness to experience | -0.11 | -2.53 | 0.012 | -0.06 | -1.29 | 0.196 | |||
| Agreeableness | -0.11 | -1.91 | 0.057 | -0.12 | -2.42 | 0.016 | |||
| Conscientiousness | 0.07 | 1.33 | 0.184 | 0.16 | 3.44 | 0.001 | |||
| R2 adjusted | 0.26 | ||||||||
| F of equation | F=10.03; p<0.001 | ||||||||
| Block 3: Opposite PBL preference | |||||||||
| PBL Negative | -0.37 | -8.17 | 0.001 | ||||||
| R2 adjusted | 0.37 | ||||||||
| F of equation | F=15.20; p<0.001 | ||||||||