Study on personality dimension negative emotionality affecting academic achievement among Malaysian medical students studying in Malaysia and overseas

Figures & data

Table 1 The association between negative emotionality and academic achievements of USM-KLE IMP students (n=60)

Neuroticism	Scores		P-valuea
	Above the average (≥ 60 marks)	Below the average (≤ 60 marks)
Stable	10 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0.050
Unstable	34 (68.0%)	16 (32.0%)

Abbreviations: USM-KLE IMP, Universiti Sains Malaysia-KLE Society India International Medical Program.

Note:

a Fisher’s exact test.

Table 2 The association between negative emotionality and academic achievements of UniSZA students (n=60)

Neuroticism	Scores		P-valuea
	Above the average (≥ 60 marks)	Below the average (≤ 60 marks)
Stable	16 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0.001
Unstable	23 (52.3%)	21 (47.7%)

Abbreviations: UniSZA, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin.

Note:

a Pearson’s chi-square test.

Table 3 The association between negative emotionality and their academic achievements of all students (n=120)

Neuroticism	Scores		P-valuea
	Above the average (≥ 60 marks)	Below the average (≤ 60 marks)
Stable	26 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0.0001
Unstable	57 (60.64%)	37 (39.36%)

Note:

a Pearson’s chi-square test.

Table 4 Comparison of negative emotionality between UniSZA and USM-KLE IMP students (n=120)

Neuroticism	Students		P-valuea
	UniSZA	USM-KLE IMP
Stable	16 (61.5%)	10 (38.5%)	0.184
Unstable	44 (46.8%)	50 (53.2%)

Abbreviations: UniSZA, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin; USM-KLE IMP, Universiti Sains Malaysia-KLE Society India International Medical Program.

Note:

a Pearson’s chi-square test.

Table 5 Comparison of academic achievements between UniSZA and USM-KLE IMP students (n=120)

Scores	Students		P-valuea
	UniSZA	USM-KLE IMP
Above the average (≥60 marks)	39 (47.0%)	44 (53.0%)	0.323
Below the average (≤60 marks)	21(56.8%)	16 (43.2%)

Abbreviations: UniSZA, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin; USM-KLE IMP, Universiti Sains Malaysia-KLE Society India International Medical Program.

Note:

a Pearson’s chi-square test.