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Table 4 Factor scores of the developing scale for each respondent group

From: Development of a scale to evaluate medical professional identity formation

 

4th-year medical students N = 115

6th-year medical students N = 119

2nd-year residents N = 47

Instructors N = 37

Mean

(SD)

Mean

(SD)

Mean

(SD)

Mean

(SD)

Factor 1

−0.11

(0.92)

−0.07

(0.93)

0.16

(1.23)

0.37

(1.06)

Factor 2

−0.17

(0.94)

−0.36

(0.91)

0.62

(0.90)

0.92

(0.64)

Factor 3

−0.07

(1.02)

−0.05

(0.95)

−0.10

(1.11)

0.52

(0.81)

Factor 4

−0.01

(1.05)

−0.19

(0.88)

0.06

(1.12)

0.54

(0.85)

Factor 5

−0.16

(0.84)

−0.12

(1.02)

0.04

(0.93)

0.81

(1.13)

  1. N: number of respondents; SD: standard deviation
  2. Each factor score was computed by SPSS ver. 23 using factor loadings and respondent’ scores of all 15 items, and each factor was standardized to have a mean of 0 and a variance of 1