Figure 2: Psychological characteristics in the career choice groups
The figure shows the respective scores for the psychological characteristics of (A) Self-efficacy expectations (SWE), (B) Resilience and (C) Stress perception (PSS) in boxplot diagrams, and compares the two career choice groups (non-surgical and surgical) (n=92). Each diagram shows medians, 1st and 3rd quartiles with the interquartile range (IQR) and the error bar (IQR * 1.5). Differences between groups were tested with the Mann-Whitney U test. The significance level was set to 5% and two-tailed tests were performed. Lower PSS scores were associated with a lower subjective perception of stress.