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Psychology: Research and Review

Table 2 Differences between times of assessment on personality traits.

From: Self-report personality tests and medical school selection

Total

 

Baseline assessment

Follow-up assessment

Cohen’s d

p

Personality traits

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Openness to experience

33.1 (3.89)

32.9 (4.38)

−0.036

0.781

Conscientiousness

40.3 (5.06)

38.5 (5.48)

−0.297

0.026

Extraversion

34.2 (4.88)

33.6 (4.52)

−0.123

0.338

Agreeableness

36.76 (4.42)

36.87 (3.97)

−0.007

0.953

Neuroticism

17.0 (6.93)

18.5 (6.90)

0.216

0.088