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. 2019 Feb 4;19:45. doi: 10.1186/s12909-019-1476-3

Table 2.

Correlation between variables

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
1 Subjective Well-Being
Demographic
 2 Gender −.11a
 3 Faculty −.07 .02
 4 2nd stage .00 −.09a −.04
 5 3rd stage .01 .02 −.03 −.49a
Personal
 6 Age at study start −.03 −.04 −.05 −.02 −.01
 7 Education mother .01 .02 −.08a .05 −.02 −.07
 8 Education father .05 −.03 −.01 .00 .04 −.09a .36a
 9 Living alone −.02 −.02 .08a .02 −.02 −.05 −.05 −.02
 10 Living with friends .04 −.02 −.10a .02 −.14a −.11a .09a .07 −.45a
Study characteristics
 11 Satisfaction with supervision new .19a −.09a −.13a .03 .01 .03 .05 −.00 .03 .02
 12 Failing a medical exam −.14a −.03 −.12a −.02 .08 .13a −.11a −.03 .05 −.04 .04
Study environment
 Perceived Medical School Stress
  13 Medical School is cold and threatening −.37a .00 .26a −.07 .13a .04 −.11a −.07 .01 −.10a −.21a .14a
  14 Worries about work and competence −.45a .21a −.06 .03 −.06 −.05 .05 .03 −.06 .02 −.23a .05 .00
  15 Worries about finance and accomodation −.22a .06 .10a −.02 −.05 .08 −.03 −.05 −.04 .03 −.02 .07 .00 .00
Social support
  16 Parents .20a .06 −.03 .03 −.04 −.03 .14a .08 .02 .10a .07 −.06 −.11a −.07 −.16a
  17 Medical school friends .36a .08a −.08a .02 .01 −.09a .15a .08a −.01 .15a .13a −.21a −.35a −.10a −.13a .36a
  18 Other friends .25a .13a −.04 −.03 .03 .00 .08a .03 .01 .13a .13a −.10a −.18a −.12a −.11a .41a .49a
  19 Other family members .22a .08 .02 −.03 .03 −.06 .10a .01 −.01 .07 .13a −.13a −.13a −.08a −.08 .47a .36a .51a
  20 Partner .07 .05 −.03 .03 .13a .13a −.03 −.01 −.21a −.30a .04 −.01 .06 −.03 −.00 −.00 −.07 −.06 −.00
  21 Study administration .12a −.05 −.02 −.03 −.03 −.03 .02 −.03 −.05 .05 .12a .04 −.08a −.11a −.05 .10a .11a .14a .11a .04
 22 Perceived exam stress −.46a .24a −.23a .01 −.02 .03 −.03 −.03 −.02 −.06 −.14a .21a .21a .49a .10a −.07 −.17a −.13a −.12a .01 −.12a
23 Self esteem .62a −.15a −.05 −.04 .06 .02 .00 ,08a .02 .02 .16a −.05 −.24a −.44a −.18a .15a .28a .23a .16a .12a .11a −.41a

aCorrelation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed)