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Table 2 Association between GPS and Big Five by department

From: Association of personality traits with dental visit procrastination by Japanese university students

Variable

 

Dentistry

Health Sci 1

Health Sci 2

Health Sci

1 and 2

Dentistry vs.

Health Sci 1&2

 
  

N (%)

   

Pa

 

Gender

Male

65 (55.6)

0 (0)

150 (73.9)

150 (34.7)

< 0.001

 
 

Female

52 (44.4)

229 (100)

53 (26.1)

282 (65.3)

 
  

Median (IQR)

Pb

 

GPS

 

40 (34–47)

41.0 (35–47)

37.0 (32–43)

39.0 (33–45)

0.28

 

Big Five

Extraversion

8.0 (7–10)

8.0 (6–10)

9.0 (8–11)

8.0 (6–11)

0.03

 
 

Openness

8.0 (7–10)

8.0 (6–9)

8.0 (7–10)

8.0 (7-9.3)

0.77

 
 

Agreeableness

10.0 (9–12)

11.0 (9–12)

10.0 (8–11)

10.0 (9–12)

0.84

 
 

Conscientiousness

7.0 (5–9)

7.0 (5–8)

8.0 (7–9)

7.0 (6–8)

0.92

 
 

Neuroticism

8.0 (7–10)

9.0 (7–11)

8.0 (7–9)

8.0 (7–10)

0.67

 
  1. aχ2 test, bMann-Whitney U test. Abbreviations: IQR interquartile range, GPS general procrastination scale
  2. Dentistry: Department of Dentistry, Health Sci 1: Department of Nutrition, Health Sci 2: Department of Sports and Economics