TABLE 2.

A bivariate analysis using the Mann-Whitney U and the Kruskal-Wallis tests to compare the mean ranks of five domains and total score of general FoF and in relation to characteristics of study subjects.

Characteristics	Domains
	FSE		FDSE		FUF		FIOLI		FUIO		FOF
	Mean ranks	p-value	Mean ranks	p-value	Mean ranks	p-value	Mean ranks	p-value	Mean ranks	p-value	Mean ranks	p-value
Gender
Male	216.94	0.073	200.10	<0.0001	217.64	0.079	242.43	0.019	235.80	0.206	221.27	0.276
Female	239.01		255.78		239.26		213.64		220.23		234.70
GPA
<3.5	256.87	0.023	245.60	0.598	255.74	0.150	281.89	0.029	280.55	0.006	277.69	0.012
3.51–4	225.80		227.85		230.64		221.34		236.53		229.35
4.01–4.5	228.40		223.89		224.73		233.31		216.92		224.24
4.5–4.9	210.38		219.86		213.86		209.40		210.69		209.53
>4.9	296.77		259.88		275.63		260.54		288.69		286.27
Academic level
Second	217.66	<0.0001	218.94	0.003	223.41	0.129	237.95	0.233	224.84	0.001	222.42	0.001
Third	272.89		265.58		252.03		240.48		266.95		268.41
Fourth	215.52		211.22		221.80		222.47		212.13		212.88
Fifth	201.50		212.64		214.19		208.82		203.80		204.03
Interest in medicine
Yes	223.58	0.082	224.48	0.164	223.24	0.038	223.83	0.041	223.56	0.080	221.78	0.014
No	254.04		248.77		259.58		258.50		254.14		264.67
Block/year failure
Yes	235.78	0.566	224.20	0.778	250.19	0.109	251.31	0.085	253.09	0.064	248.29	0.134
No	226.39		228.79		224.02		223.18		222.81		223.80
Siblings in medical school
Yes	223.99	0.635	227.50	0.953	226.36	0.799	217.33	0.205	218.47	0.259	220.82	0.396
No	230.13		228.27		229.68		233.68		233.07		231.82
Study hours in a day
<3	232.69	0.560	219.18	0.272	248.97	0.011	232.95	0.538	233.26	0.514	232.86	0.546
>3	225.26		233.16		216.56		225.10		224.92		225.15

FSE, fear of experiencing shame and embarrassment; FDSE, fear of devaluing one’s self-estimate; FUF, fear of having an uncertain future; FIOLI, fear of important others losing interest; FUIO, fear of upsetting important others; FOF, fear of failure; GPA, grade point average.