Learning burnout and its association with perceived stress, social support, and the Big Five personality traits in Chinese medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study

Table 4 Hierarchical regression analyses for perceived stress, social support and Big Five personality traits influencing learning burnout (Cynicism) in medical students

Variables	Step 1		Step 2		Step 3		Step 4
Variables	ß	p	ß	p	ß	p	ß	p
Covariates
Gender	-0.122	0.003	-0.120	0.001	-0.118	0.001	-0.079	0.018
Perceived stress			0.543	< 0.001	0.531	< 0.001	0.296	< 0.001
Social support					-0.030	0.427	0.027	0.523
The Big Five personality traits
Neuroticism							0.100	0.088
Extroversion							-0.012	0.804
Openness							-0.065	0.152
Agreeableness							-0.245	< 0.001
Conscientiousness							-0.045	0.419
F	8.749	0.003	129.998	< 0.001	86.820	< 0.001	44.515	< 0.001
R²	0.015		0.310		0.310		0.383
Adj.R²	0.013		0.307		0.307		0.374
R²-changes	0.015		0.295		0.001		0.073

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