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Table 6 Associations between personality dimension Extroversion and medical specialty

From: Relationship of big five personality traits and future specialty preference among undergraduate medical students: a cross-sectional study

(I) Specialty

(J) Specialty

Mean difference (I-J)

Std. Error

Sig.

95% confidence interval

Lower bound

Upper bound

Psychiatry

Anesthesia

− 2.92308

1.48170

.281

− 6.9846

1.1385

Surgery

− 4.06571*

1.38062

.028

− 7.8502

− .2812

Internal medicine

− 4.22269*

1.40131

.023

− 8.0639

− .3815

Diagnostics

− 3.07143

1.67425

.355

− 7.6608

1.5179

Anesthesia

Psychiatry

2.92308

1.48170

.281

− 1.1385

6.9846

Surgery

− 1.14264

.73073

.522

− 3.1457

.8604

Internal medicine

− 1.29961

.76911

.442

− 3.4078

.8086

Diagnostics

− .14835

1.19623

1.000

− 3.4274

3.1307

Surgery

Psychiatry

4.06571*

1.38062

.028

.2812

7.8502

Anesthesia

1.14264

.73073

.522

− .8604

3.1457

Internal medicine

− .15697

.54972

.999

− 1.6638

1.3499

Diagnostics

.99429

1.06847

.885

− 1.9345

3.9231

Internal medicine

Psychiatry

4.22269*

1.40131

.023

.3815

8.0639

Anesthesia

1.29961

.76911

.442

− .8086

3.4078

Surgery

.15697

.54972

.999

− 1.3499

1.6638

Diagnostics

1.15126

1.09508

.831

− 1.8505

4.1530

Diagnostics

Psychiatry

3.07143

1.67425

.355

− 1.5179

7.6608

Anesthesia

.14835

1.19623

1.000

− 3.1307

3.4274

Surgery

− .99429

1.06847

.885

− 3.9231

1.9345

Internal medicine

− 1.15126

1.09508

.831

− 4.1530

1.8505

  1. *Bold and italic values reflect significant p value. The mean difference is significant at the 0.05 level
  2. Tukey HSD