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Table 5 Pearson correlation (Significance; N) of background measures with the Workplace Climate Questionnaire. Correlations significant at p < 0.05 are in bold, and those with an absolute value of greater than 0.2 are underlined. Variables that are significant in the multiple regression (see text) are in italics.

From: Stress, burnout and doctors' attitudes to work are determined by personality and learning style: A twelve year longitudinal study of UK medical graduates

 

Time of measurement

aWCQ Workload

aWCQ Supportive-Receptive

aWCQ Choice-Independence

SPQ Surface Learning

Application

0.022 (P = .389; N = 1587)

0.042 (P = .093; N = 1578)

0.004 (P = .874; N = 1591

 

Final Year

0.037 (P = .240; N = 999)

-0.034 (P = .287; N = 998)

0.054 (P = .090; N = 1000)

SPQ Strategic Learning

Application

0.032 (P = .196; N = 1591)

0.043 (P = .090; N = 1578)

0.082 (P = .001; N = 1591)

 

Final Year

0.063 (P = .048; N = 999)

0.020 (P = .520; N = 998)

0.036 (P = .255; N = 1000)

SPQ Deep Learning

Application

0.008 (P = .738; N = 1587)

0.029 (P = .251; N = 1578)

0.049 (P = .051; N = 1591)

 

Final Year

-0.032 (P = .306; N = 999)

0.071 (P = .026; N = 998)

0.065 (P = .041; N = 1000)

General Health Questionnaire

PRHO

0.183 (P < .001; N = 973)

-0.134 (P < .001; N = 970)

-0.110 (P = .001; N = 972)

 

2002

0.354 (P < .001; N = 1606)

-0.239 (P < .001; N = 1597)

-0.259 (P < .001; N = 1609)

aMBQ – Emotional exhaustion

PRHO

0.211 (P < .001; N = 703)

-0.056 (P = .136; N = 701)

-0.035 (P = .348; N = 703)

 

2002

0.400 (P < .001; N = 1607)

-0.164 (P < .001; N = 1607)

-0.220 (P < .001; N = 1609)

aMBQ – Depersonalisation

PRHO

0.057 (P = .145; N = 658)

-0.109 (P = .005; N = 656)

-0.020 (P = .609; N = 658)

 

2002

0.216 (P < .001; N = 1595)

-0.222 (P < .001; N = 1594)

-0.165 (P < .001; N = 1597)

aMBQ – Personal accomplishment

PRHO

-0.028 (P = .393; N = 937)

0.110 (P < .001; N = 933)

0.063 (P = .055; N = 936)

 

2002

0.163 (P < .001; N = 1601)

0.143(P < .001; N = 1600)

0.044 (P = .079; N = 1603)

Satisfaction with medicine as a career

2002

-0.256 (P < .001; N = 1617)

0.317 (P < .001; N = 1616)

0.294 (P < .001; N = 1620)