Table 4 Means and standard deviations of personality traits, career motivation and importance of life goals according to speciality fields (n = 522)
Scale | PC n = 45 Mean (SD) | IM n = 126 Mean (SD) | SG n = 68 Mean (SD) | GO n = 31 Mean (SD) | AN n = 40 Mean (SD) | PAED n = 44 Mean (SD) | PSY n = 25 Mean (SD) | OS n = 60 Mean (SD) | ND n = 83 Mean (SD) | p | Scheffé-test |
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Personality traits | |||||||||||
SOC Sense of Coherence | 5.03 (0.73) | 4.99 (0.84) | 5.35 (0.82) | 5.03 (0.80) | 5.36 (0.77) | 4.91 (0.93) | 4.85 (1.03) | 5.21 (0.83) | 4.95 (0.77) | 0.011 | PSY, PAED, ND < SG, AN |
RSE Rosenberg-Self-Esteem | 2.42 (0.38) | 2.27 (0.48) | 2.48 (0.42) | 2.30 (0.37) | 2.50 (0.55) | 2.31 (0.40) | 2.27 (0.62) | 2.44 (0.39) | 2.33 (0.51) | 0.037 | IM, PSY < SG, AN |
PAQ1 Instrumentality | 4.03 (0.65) | 4.11 (0.63) | 4.63 (0.55) | 3.98 (0.73) | 4.42 (0.69) | 4.14 (0.67) | 3.89 (0.73) | 4.34 (0.59) | 4.00 (0.75) | <0.001 | PSY, GO, PC, ND < OS < AN < SG IM, PAED < SG, AN |
PAQ1 Expressiveness | 4.93 (0.44) | 4.86 (0.51) | 4.76 (0.66) | 4.98 (0.56) | 4.85 (0.49) | 5.03 (0.53) | 4.97 (0.61) | 4.80 (0.64) | 4.91 (0.56) | 0.255 | - |
Career motivation | |||||||||||
CMQ2 Intrinsic motivation | 6.04 (0.51) | 6.09 (0.47) | 6.32 (0.42) | 6.09 (0.54) | 6.21 (0.40) | 6.18 (0.51) | 5.92 (0.59) | 6.16 (0.47) | 5.96 (0.61) | 0.001 | PSY < OS, PAED, AN < SG |
CMQ2 Extrinsic motivation | 3.41 (0.76) | 3.60 (0.76) | 4.18 (0.88) | 3.75 (0.81) | 3.53 (0.75) | 3.47 (0.72) | 3.79 (0.70) | 4.12 (0.87) | 3.41 (0.95) | <0.001 | SG, OS > rest |
CMQ2 Extraprofessional concerns | 4.75 (0.87) | 4.55 (0.94) | 3.54 (1.03) | 4.44 (0.95) | 4.15 (1.20) | 4.25 (0.83) | 4.85 (1.02) | 4.21 (0.89) | 4.40 (1.00) | <0.001 | SG < rest AN, OS, PAED < PC, PSY |
Importance of life goals (GOALS) | |||||||||||
Intimacy | 4.63 (0.34) | 4.59 (0.43) | 4.41 (0.59) | 4.76 (0.31) | 4.59 (0.46) | 4.66 (0.47) | 4.50 (0.55) | 4.67 (0.37) | 4.58 (0.49) | 0.016 | SG < GO |
Affiliation | 3.50 (0.75) | 3.64 (0.69) | 3.46 (0.92) | 3.77 (0.79) | 3.64 (0.68) | 3.73 (0.76) | 3.53 (0.73) | 3.65 (0.69) | 3.62 (0.73) | 0.559 | - |
Altruism | 3.73 (0.70) | 3.61 (0.58) | 3.73 (0.77) | 3.58 (0.56) | 3.71 (0.79) | 3.96 (0.71) | 3.41 (0.43) | 3.55 (0.73) | 3.66 (0.74) | 0.40 | - |
Power | 2.53 (0.76) | 2.77 (0.77) | 3.07 (0.86) | 2.99 (0.63) | 2.63 (0.74) | 2.68 (0.70) | 2.97 (0.72) | 2.85 (0.76) | 2.70 (0.81) | 0.006 | PC < GO, SG |
Achievement | 4.03 (0.56) | 4.22 (0.49) | 4.45 (0.46) | 4.25 (0.47) | 4.34 (0.48) | 4.33 (0.52) | 4.21 (0.46) | 4.32 (0.48) | 4.19 (0.56) | 0.002 | PC < OS, PAED, AN, SG |
Variation | 3.80 (0.69) | 3.66 (0.70) | 3.82 (0.67) | 3.73 (0.75) | 3.86 (0.68) | 3.84 (0.66) | 3.43 (0.70) | 3.75 (0.75) | 3.75 (0.80) | 0.301 | - |