Table 2 Comparisons of attitudes on psychosocial aspects of cancer, burnout symptoms and job stress between physicians with internal and external LOC (upper and lower quartiles of the Rotter I-E scale scores distribution) (parametric Student's t-test)
From: Impact of medical specialists' locus of control on communication skills in oncological interviews
Internal LOC | External LOC | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M | s.d. | M | s.d. | t | P | |
Semantic differential attitude questionnaire (SDAQ) | ||||||
Attitudes towards oneself | 2.75 | 0.61 | 2.85 | 0.53 | −0.541 | 0.591 |
Attitudes towards cancer and death | 3.19 | 0.73 | 3.16 | 0.66 | 0.094 | 0.926 |
Personal growth | 2.21 | 0.77 | 2.49 | 0.48 | −1.315 | 0.197 |
Professional relationships | 2.55 | 0.64 | 2.78 | 0.85 | −0.994 | 0.327 |
Occupational attitudes | 2.90 | 0.74 | 2.84 | 0.63 | 0.243 | 0.810 |
Total score (SDAQ) | 2.74 | 0.54 | 2.83 | 0.52 | −0.525 | 0.603 |
Maslach burnout inventory (MBI) | ||||||
Emotional exhaustion | 17.82 | 8.24 | 20.00 | 6.14 | −0.931 | 0.358 |
Personal growth | 40.00 | 5.54 | 36.11 | 4.16 | 2.463 | 0.018 |
Depersonalisation | 4.86 | 3.66 | 7.56 | 4.12 | −2.189 | 0.035 |
Job stress survey (JSS) | ||||||
Severity | 154.68 | 19.84 | 169.50 | 32.13 | −1.789 | 0.082 |
Frequency | 146.18 | 40.06 | 152.67 | 44.58 | −0.484 | 0.631 |
Index (severity × frequency) | 76.64 | 22.95 | 85.06 | 30.76 | −0.991 | 0.328 |
