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

Table 7 Associations between personality dimension openness to experience and medical specialty

(I) Specialty	(J) Specialty	Mean difference (I-J)	Std. error	Sig.	95% confidence interval
(I) Specialty	(J) Specialty	Mean difference (I-J)	Std. error	Sig.	Lower bound	Upper bound
Psychiatry	Anesthesia	5.64103^*	2.04012	*.047*	*.0488*	*11.2333*
	Surgery	2.28619	1.90095	.750	− 2.9246	7.4969
	Internal medicine	2.59174	1.92943	.664	− 2.6971	7.8806
	Diagnostics	3.82143	2.30523	.462	− 2.4975	10.1404
Anesthesia	Psychiatry	− 5.64103^*	2.04012	*.047*	*− 11.2333*	− *.0488*
	Surgery	− 3.35484^*	1.00612	*.008*	*− 6.1127*	− *.5969*
	Internal medicine	− 3.04929^*	1.05896	.034	*− 5.9521*	− *.1465*
	Diagnostics	− 1.81960	1.64706	.804	− 6.3344	2.6952
Surgery	Psychiatry	− 2.28619	1.90095	.750	− 7.4969	2.9246
	Anesthesia	3.35484^*	1.00612	*.008*	*.5969*	*6.1127*
	Internal medicine	.30555	.75690	.994	− 1.7692	2.3803
	Diagnostics	1.53524	1.47115	.835	− 2.4974	5.5679
Internal medicine	Psychiatry	− 2.59174	1.92943	.664	− 7.8806	2.6971
	Anesthesia	3.04929^*	1.05896	*.034*	*.1465*	*5.9521*
	Surgery	− .30555	.75690	.994	− 2.3803	1.7692
	Diagnostics	1.22969	1.50778	.926	− 2.9033	5.3627
Diagnostics	Psychiatry	− 3.82143	2.30523	.462	− 10.1404	2.4975
	Anesthesia	1.81960	1.64706	.804	− 2.6952	6.3344
	Surgery	− 1.53524	1.47115	.835	− 5.5679	2.4974
	Internal medicine	− 1.22969	1.50778	.926	− 5.3627	2.9033

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