| Three blocks of independent variables | 
Adjusted for socio-cultural information | 
Adjusted for personality traits | 
Adjusted for PBL negative preference | 
| Β (standardized coefficient) | 
t
 | 
p-value | 
Β (standardized coefficient) | 
t
 | 
p-value | 
Β (standardized coefficient) | 
t
 | 
p-value | 
| Block 1: Socio-cultural info | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
| (Constant) | 
  | 
4.21 | 
0.001 | 
  | 
4.99 | 
0.001 | 
  | 
6.46 | 
0.001 | 
| Gender (1: Male, 2: Female) | 
-0.12 | 
-2.63 | 
0.009 | 
-0.09 | 
-1.87 | 
0.062 | 
-0.11 | 
-2.34 | 
0.020 | 
| Age  | 
-0.04 | 
-0.59 | 
0.559 | 
-0.03 | 
-0.42 | 
0.677 | 
-0.05 | 
-0.88 | 
0.382 | 
| Cohabitation | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
| Living alone | 
-0.07 | 
-0.64 | 
0.523 | 
-0.14 | 
-1.29 | 
0.200 | 
-0.12 | 
-1.14 | 
0.255 | 
| With parents etc. | 
-0.06 | 
-0.64 | 
0.522 | 
-010 | 
-1.05 | 
0.296 | 
-0.12 | 
-1.42 | 
0.158 | 
| Fellow students | 
-0.26 | 
-1.77 | 
0.078 | 
-0.31 | 
-2.18 | 
0.030 | 
-0.27 | 
-2.11 | 
0.036 | 
| Partner / children | 
-0.21 | 
-1.85 | 
0.065 | 
-0.24 | 
-2.21 | 
0.028 | 
-0.20 | 
-2.04 | 
0.042 | 
| Medical school info | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
| 1st Year | 
-0.09 | 
-1.35 | 
0.177 | 
-0.10 | 
-1.46 | 
0.145 | 
-0.11 | 
-1.81 | 
0.071 | 
| 2nd Year | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
| 6th Year | 
0.15 | 
2.68 | 
0.008 | 
0.15 | 
2.76 | 
0.006 | 
0.19 | 
3.67 | 
0.001 | 
| Nepal | 
-0.46 | 
-7.98 | 
0.001 | 
-0.56 | 
-8.91 | 
0.001 | 
-058 | 
-10.05 | 
0.001 | 
| Norway | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
| N Dakota | 
-0.25 | 
-3.36 | 
0.001 | 
-0.23 | 
-3.14 | 
0.002 | 
-0.15 | 
-2.19 | 
0.029 | 
| R2 adjusted | 
0.20 | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
| F of equation | 
F=10.73; p<0.001 | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
| Block 2: Personality traits | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
| Neuroticism | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
0.11 | 
1.99 | 
0.047 | 
0.14 | 
2.79 | 
0.006 | 
| Extraversion | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
-0.14 | 
-2.68 | 
0.008 | 
-0.05 | 
-1.05 | 
0.293 | 
| Openness to experience | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
-0.11 | 
-2.53 | 
0.012 | 
-0.06 | 
-1.29 | 
0.196 | 
| Agreeableness | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
-0.11 | 
-1.91 | 
0.057 | 
-0.12 | 
-2.42 | 
0.016 | 
| Conscientiousness | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
0.07 | 
1.33 | 
0.184 | 
0.16 | 
3.44 | 
0.001 | 
| R2 adjusted | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
0.26 | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
| F of equation | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
F=10.03; p<0.001 | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
| Block 3: Opposite PBL preference | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
| PBL Negative | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
-0.37 | 
-8.17 | 
0.001 | 
| R2 adjusted | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
0.37 | 
  | 
  | 
| F of equation | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
 | 
  | 
  | 
F=15.20; p<0.001 | 
  | 
  | 
								Int J Med Educ. 2015; 6:84-92; doi: 10.5116/ijme.558e.6451