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Table 1 Sample characteristics of 1st and 5th /7th semester students

From: A novel multi-measure approach to study medical students’ communication performance and predictors of their communication quality - a cross-sectional study

 

1st Semester

(N = 23)

5th /7th Semester

(N = 20)

Group-differences

(p-values)

Sex (female/males)

(10/13)

(14/6)

.125a

 

M

SD

M

SD

 

Age in years

21.17

2.8

23.15

2.8

0.025*b

BFI-K Extraversion

3.51

0.9

3.66

1.1

.625b

BFI-K Agreeableness

3.33

0.7

3.60

0.8

.251b

BFI-K Conscientiousness

3.82

0.6

3.79

0.6

0.877 b

BFI-K Neuroticism

2.97

0.8

2.96

0.9

.985b

BFI-K Openness to Experience

3.77

0.8

3.67

0.9

.697b

SPAI Sum Score

42.93

19.3

40.24

19.4

.137b

  1. Note: achi-square test was used for group comparison; bt-tests were used for group comparisons, *p <.05
  2. BFI-K: Big Five Inventory short form (German version); SPAI: Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory
  3. BFI-K scores range between 1–5 with higher values indicating higher degrees of extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism and openness. SPAI score ranges between 0-132, with higher values indicating more social phobia and anxiety symptoms