Table 5.

Motivational Factors Affecting Specialty Choice of Medical Students according to Personality Traits

	No.	Personality traits
		Extraversion		Conscientiousness		Agreeableness		Neuroticism		Openness
		Mean±SD	p-value	Mean±SD	p-value	Mean±SD	p-value	Mean±SD	p-value	Mean±SD	p-value
Anticipated incomea)
MI	58	6.069±1.40	0.694	6.741±1.52	0.575	6.793±1.34	0.448	5.500±1.77	0.659	6.379±1.69	0.463
LI	47	6.170±1.18		6.894±1.16		6.979±1.09		5.638±1.32		6.617±1.58
Lifestyleb)
MI	86	6.081±1.32	0.483	6.802±1.37	0.804	6.884±1.27	0.656	5.488±1.64	0.139	6.512±1.65	0.839
LI	19	6.263±1.24		6.842±1.42		6.842±1.06		5.895±1.28		6.368±1.60
Professional prestigea)
MI	42	5.952±1.49	0.301	6.857±1.49	0.773	6.881±1.34	0.975	5.476±1.83	0.653	6.571±1.68	0.664
LI	63	6.222±1.15		6.778±1.30		6.873±1.17		5.619±1.40		6.429±1.62
Personal interestb)
MI	86	6.070±1.32	0.433	6.965±1.35	0.008	7.058±1.14	0.003	5.419±1.52	0.055	6.581±1.61	0.126
LI	19	6.316±1.20		6.105±1.24		6.053±1.35		6.211±1.71		5.053±1.74
Influence of mediaa)
MI	53	6.057±1.40	0.649	6.736±1.38	0.581	6.717±1.34	0.185	5.830±1.56	0.080	6.415±1.49	0.658
LI	52	6.173±1.20		6.885±1.36		7.038±1.10		5.288±1.57		6.558±1.78
Influence of family membersa)
MI	30	5.833±1.53	0.130	7.033±1.58	0.331	6.600±1.49	0.171	5.700±1.68	0.510	6.133±1.90	0.114
LI	65	6.277±1.20		6.738±1.25		6.985±1.13		5.462±1.61		6.723±1.55
Influence of professor or residenta)
MI	39	6.000±1.43	0.404	6.846±1.11	0.931	7.128±1.26	0.089	5.205±1.79	0.098	6.769±1.59	0.265
LI	56	6.232±1.25		6.821±1.52		6.679±1.25		5.768±1.47		6.375±1.74

SD: Standard deviation, MI: More important, LI: Less important.

^a)p-value was calculated by Student t-test. Statistical significance was set at p<0.05,

^b)p-value was calculated by Mann-Whitney test. Statistical significance was set at p<0.05.