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Table 4 Results of regression analyses: predicted influence of type of motivation on GPA for four groups

From: Motivation and academic performance of medical students from ethnic minorities and majority: a comparative study

 

Dutch majority

Western minority

Non-Western minority

Pre-clinical B (SE)

Clinical B (SE)

Pre-clinical B (SE)

Clinical B (SE)

Pre-clinical B (SE)

Clinical B (SE)

AM

0.39** (0.11)

0.33* (0.11)

0.21* (0.09)

0.17 (0.09)

0.70 (0.45)

0.78 (0.42)

0.57* (0.26)

−0.06 (0.32)

−0.09 (0.24)

CM

−0.17* (0.09)

−0.03 §# (0.08)

−0.06 (0.07)

−0.04 § (0.08)

−0.15 (0.29)

−0.14 (0.21)

−0.10§ (0.20)

−0.03 (0.22)

−0.07 (0.17)

  1. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.001, AM: autonomous motivation, CM: controlled motivation, bold = adjusted for age, italics = adjusted for gender, § = adjusted for autonomous motivation # = adjusted for being a first generation student
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