Table 2.
Means and standards deviations (SD) for each measure across gender by medical cohorts with significant interactions indicated
| Measures | Medical cohorts | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HKU (n = 164) | UoAMed (n = 188) | ||||||
| Male | Female | All | Male | Female | All | ||
| Self-efficacy | Mean | 3.17 | 3.03 | 3.09 | 3.84 | 3.45 | 3.56 |
| SD | 0.52 | 0.47 | 0.50 | 0.53 | 0.67 | 0.65 | |
| Intrinsic value | Mean | 3.74 | 3.85 | 3.80 | 4.25 | 4.32 | 4.30 |
| SD | 0.50 | 0.44 | 0.47 | 0.53 | 0.51 | 0.52 | |
| Test anxiety* | Mean | 2.95 | 2.89 | 2.92 | 2.50 | 3.23 | 3.02 |
| SD | 0.84 | 0.80 | 0.82 | 0.72 | 0.97 | 0.96 | |
| Enjoyment of competition | Mean | 3.17 | 2.99 | 3.08 | 3.63 | 3.15 | 3.29 |
| SD | 0.64 | 0.60 | 0.63 | 0.76 | 0.89 | 0.88 | |
| Contentiousness | Mean | 2.64 | 2.52 | 2.57 | 2.81 | 2.87 | 2.85 |
| SD | 0.77 | 0.66 | 0.72 | 0.90 | 0.94 | 0.93 | |
| Physical QOL | Mean | 3.52 | 3.51 | 3.51 | 3.88 | 3.57 | 3.66 |
| SD | 0.65 | 0.65 | 0.65 | 0.64 | 0.65 | 0.66 | |
| Psychological QOL | Mean | 3.43 | 3.37 | 3.40 | 3.60 | 3.27 | 3.36 |
| SD | 0.63 | 0.65 | 0.64 | 0.64 | 0.67 | 0.68 | |
| Social QOL | Mean | 3.36 | 3.53 | 3.45 | 3.38 | 3.49 | 3.46 |
| SD | 0.67 | 0.57 | 0.62 | 0.72 | 0.81 | 0.78 | |
| Environmental QOL | Mean | 3.64 | 3.81 | 3.73 | 3.88 | 3.75 | 3.79 |
| SD | 0.68 | 0.50 | 0.60 | 0.57 | 0.58 | 0.57 | |
*Significant interactions (p < .006) for medical cohorts by gender