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 5 Hierarchical regression analyses for perceived stress, social support and Big Five personality traits influencing learning burnout (Low professional efficacy) in medical students

Variables	Step 1		Step 2		Step 3		Step 4
Variables	ß	p	ß	p	ß	p	ß	p
Covariates
Gender	0.058	0.163	0.060	0.103	0.090	0.005	0.084	0.005
Place of residence	0.025	0.163	0.003	0.947	-0.004	0.917	-0.007	0.862
F Education 1	0.085	0.193	0.067	0.254	0.026	0.605	0.025	0.593
F Education 2	-0.013	0.802	-0.035	0.443	-0.038	0.337	-0.039	0.292
M Education 1	0.056	0.429	0.045	0.474	0.024	0.654	0.007	0.887
M Education 2	0.058	0.256	0.063	0.164	0.031	0.428	0.012	0.735
Exercise	-0.064	0.119	-0.054	0.146	-0.012	0.715	0.009	0.762
Perceived stress			0.455	< 0.001	0.259	< 0.001	0.113	0.028
Social support					-0.494	< 0.001	-0.319	< 0.001
The Big Five personality traits
Neuroticism							-0.019	0.719
Extroversion							-0.116	0.006
Openness							0.012	0.779
Agreeableness							0.098	0.008
Conscientiousness							-0.363	< 0.001
F	2.311	0.025	21.660	< 0.001	47.914	< 0.001	42.980	< 0.001
R²	0.027		0.232		0.429		0.514
Adj.R²	0.016		0.221		0.420		0.502
R²-changes	0.027		0.205		0.198		0.085

Abbreviations: F Father, M Mother, Education 1 Junior high or lower vs. Junior college or higher, Education 2 Senior high school vs. Junior college or higher, Adj.R² adjusted R², ß Standardized regression coefficient

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