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Table 2 Description of all relevant variables (N = 224, N = 163 for clinical practice)

From: The moderating effect of social resources on the link between study-related stressors and depressive symptoms among medical students in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany – a cross-sectional study

 

M (SD)

Md

range

reference

Study-related stressors

   

1 – 4

Academic performance

2.7 (0.4)

2.6

1.2 – 3.75

 

Clinical practice

2.6 (0.4)

2.7

1.5 – 3.33

 

Faculty relations

2.4 (0.4)

2.3

1 – 3.75

 

Health outcome

 Depressive symptoms

8.4 (6.0)

7.0

0—27

0—27

Social support

 Professors

2.0 (0.5)

2.0

1 – 3.8

1 – 4

 Fellow students

3.3 (0.6)

3.4

1.4—4

1 – 4

Social identity

5.1 (1.4)

5.3

1 – 7

1—7

Dual identity

3.0 (0.8)

3.0

1 – 5

1—5

Status

75.8 (19.0)

81.0

1 – 100

0—100

 DMS

71.1 (21.0)

72.0

1 – 100

0—100

 HMS

82.2 (14.3)

85.0

2 – 100

0—100

  1. Note: N number of participants, M mean, SD standard deviation, Md median, DMS dental medicine students, HMS human medicine students