Table 3 Personality traits of medical and STEM students
Trait | Medical students | STEM students | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | t-value | p-value | |
Neuroticism | 18.71 | 7.65 | 19.76 | 7.42 | 2.01 | 0.04 |
Extraversion | 30.63 | 6.14 | 28.10 | 6.69 | -5.67 | <0.01 |
Openness to experience | 32.15 | 6.13 | 30.79 | 6.05 | -3.25 | <0.01 |
Agreeableness | 34.37 | 5.47 | 32.31 | 5.78 | -5.28 | <0.01 |
Conscientiousness | 33.85 | 5.63 | 30.97 | 6.73 | -6.85 | <0.01 |