title: A comparison of locus of control between men and women in an internal medicine residency.
abstract: In this comparison of men and women PGY-1 residents, a significant difference in perceived locus of control, a personality variable, was detected. At the beginning and the end of PGY-1, women residents perceived a more external locus of control than men residents. These findings may be important in understanding the different responses of men and women to the stresses of medical training.
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000193:education*; D007389:Internal-External Control; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology; D000078329:Workforce