scholarly journals Medical Students’ Personalities: A Critical Factor for Doctor-Patient Communication

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (17) ◽  
pp. 9201
Author(s):  
Nicoleta Suciu ◽  
Cristina Oana Mărginean ◽  
Lorena Elena Meliț ◽  
Dana Valentina Ghiga ◽  
Cristiana Cojocaru ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Significant Positive Correlation ◽  
Mutual Influence ◽  
Critical Factor ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Emotional Stability ◽  
Reverse Correlation ◽  
Doctor Patient Communication ◽  
Positive Correlations

The aim of this study was to assess the level of creativity and personality traits and their mutual influence on medical students using the DECAS and BWAS. We performed a prospective descriptive study on 119 medical students from Târgu Mureș, Romania between November 2020 and July 2021, who answered questions relating to the BWAS and DECAS scales to evaluate their creativity and personality traits. Our findings pointed out a reverse correlation between age and both the original and revised BWAS (r = −0.2037, p = 0.0263; r = −0.1931, p = 0.0354). In terms of extraversion, we found a significant positive correlation for both openness (r = 0.3032, p = 0.0008) and emotional stability (r = 0.2868, p = 0.0016) and a negative correlation between extraversion and agreeability (r = −0.2394, p = 0.0087). Regarding creativity, we found positive correlations between emotional stability and both the original and revised BWAS (r = 0.20, p = 0.0279; r = 0.20, p = 0.0245). Medical students’ creativity might be positively influenced by emotional stability and seems to decrease with age. Higher extraversion scores could be related to increased openness and emotional stability as well as decreased agreeability.

Barriers toward clinical research perceived by medical students: a descriptive study from Saudi Arabia

2020 ◽  
pp. 1777-1781
Author(s):  
Ali Al-saeed ◽  
Nasir Aldandan ◽  
Ahmed Qassimi ◽  
Muhammed Al-Alwan ◽  
Adeeb Buhlaigah ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Clinical Research ◽  
Descriptive Study

Personality traits are associated with cognitive empathy in medical students but not with its evolution and interventions to improve it

2021 ◽  
pp. 110410
Author(s):  
Guillaume Airagnes ◽  
Céline Buffel du Vaure ◽  
Eric Galam ◽  
Lucie Bunge ◽  
Nicolas Hoertel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Cognitive Empathy

The Relationship Between Virtues and Personality Traits of Chinese College Students

2011 ◽  
Vol 39 (10) ◽  
pp. 1379-1385 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shou-Kuan Mu
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Emotional Stability ◽  
Personality Factors ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Psychological Concept ◽  
Self Reliance ◽  
The Relationship

Many researchers agree that virtue is an important psychological concept in contemporary psychology. The main purpose in this study was to investigate the relationship between virtues and the personality traits of college students in mainland China. Participants (N = 426) completed the Chinese Virtue Adjectives Rating Scale (CVARS; Mu, 2007) and the Chinese 16PF (Zhu & Dai, 1988). The results indicated that the 16 personality factors most closely related to the virtue factors were emotional stability, dominance, liveliness, rule-consciousness, social boldness, sensitivity, vigilance, abstractedness, apprehension, self-reliance, perfectionism, and tension. Second-order factors of the 16PF most strongly related to the virtue factors were anxiety, extraversion, tough-mindedness, and independence.

scholarly journals Variation in personality traits of medical students between schools of medicine

2013 ◽  
Vol 35 (11) ◽  
pp. 944-948 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Wilson ◽  
Barbara Griffin ◽  
Lisa Lampe ◽  
Diann Eley ◽  
Gerry Corrigan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Schools Of Medicine

Exploring Valued Personality Traits in Practicing Veterinarians

2021 ◽  
pp. e20210051
Author(s):  
Andrea J. Kunze ◽  
Christopher Seals
Keyword(s):  
Veterinary Medicine ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Small Animal ◽  
Emotional Stability ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Pet Owners ◽  
Medicine Community

We examined differences in valued Big Five personality traits of small animal veterinarians between members and nonmembers of the veterinary medicine community. Between fall 2019 and spring 2020, data were collected from an online survey sent to eligible persons across a US midwestern state. Eligible persons included veterinary office clients (i.e., pet owners) and persons practicing/training in veterinary medicine. Participants completed demographic questions and 10 Likert scale items about which Big Five personality characteristics they prefer in a veterinarian. Descriptive data were determined and checked for assumptions of linearity and normality. Data for the primary analyses were analyzed using Spearman’s correlations and Kruskal–Wallis H tests. Participants who were members of the veterinary community of practice valued the characteristic openness more than clients but valued emotional stability less than clients. Moreover, tests revealed that young adults (aged 18–24) valued extraversion more than all other age groups but least valued agreeableness. Last, participants aged 55 and older valued agreeableness and emotional stability more than the 18–44 age groups. Findings indicate individuals from different membership and age groups have varying preferences in what personality traits they expect in a veterinarian. Clients care more about their veterinarian being able to handle adversity. Older adults want their veterinarian to be trusting and creative. These findings encourage veterinary medical education to spotlight the development of skills congruent with these desired personality traits. Gaining such skills will be useful for veterinarians who seek to grow or build lasting relationships with clientele and colleagues.

Do employee responses to organizational support depend on their personality? The joint moderating role of conscientiousness and emotional stability

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Greg J. Sears ◽  
Yu Han
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Organizational Support ◽  
Affective Commitment ◽  
Employee Performance ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Employee Commitment ◽  
Emotional Stability ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Positive Effects

PurposeThis study explored whether two Big Five traits – conscientiousness and emotional stability – jointly moderate the positive effects of perceived organizational support (POS) on employee commitment and job performance. Drawing on organizational support theory and a self-regulation perspective, we proposed that employees high on both traits will more effectively leverage POS to enhance both their commitment and their performance.Design/methodology/approachData were collected from 141 employees in a multinational transportation security firm. Employees completed measures assessing their POS, personality and affective commitment. Supervisors provided ratings of employees' job performance.FindingsResults indicated that POS exerts a stronger influence on both employee commitment and performance when workers are high on conscientiousness and emotional stability. Moreover, POS was only found to be significantly associated with job performance when employees were high on both traits.Research limitations/implicationsThese results suggest that personality traits play an integral role in influencing workers' perceptions of, and responses to, POS. Specifically, employees who demonstrate a stronger task focus and self-regulation capabilities appear to respond more favorably to POS.Practical implicationsThese findings reinforce the value of implementing HR practices that convey support for employees but also highlight the importance of attracting and retaining employees who are conscientious and emotional stable in order to fully realize the benefits of these practices.Originality/valueRecent evidence indicates that the relationship between POS and employee performance is tenuous. Our results are consistent with a contingency perspective on POS and signal that this may be partly owing to the `influence of individual differences, such as personality traits, in moderating the effects of POS.

Sadistic Fantasy, Sadistic Behaviour and Offending

1983 ◽  
Vol 143 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. J. MacCulloch ◽  
P. R. Snowden ◽  
P. J. W. Wood ◽  
H. E. Mills
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Hospital Patients ◽  
Special Hospital ◽  
Psychopathic Disorder

SummaryThis paper explores the genesis of sadistic behaviour in men and its relationship to crime. Sixteen male special hospital patients, each with a diagnosis of psychopathic disorder, formed the basis of this descriptive study. In only three cases were the crimes explicable in terms of external circumstances and personality traits. The offences of the remaining 13 cases became comprehensible only when the offender's internal circumstances were explored: investigation revealed repetitive sadistic masturbatory fantasies which had spilled over into overt behaviour because the patients had felt impelled to seek and create increasingly dangerousin vivo‘try-outs' of their fantasies. The paper discusses the crucial link between sadistic fantasy and behaviour.

scholarly journals Does Personality Predict Students' Academic Anxiety when Counseling Practice?

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kusnarto Kurniawan ◽  
Zakki Nurul Amin ◽  
Eko Nusantoro ◽  
Mulawarman ◽  
Suharso
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Multiple Regression ◽  
Test Anxiety ◽  
Emotional Stability ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Counselors In Training ◽  
Academic Anxiety ◽  
Counseling Practice ◽  
Academic Test

Many factors are related to students' academic anxiety when learning in class. This research is based on the phenomenon of some students who have difficulty and anxiety in counseling practice classes. The focus of this study is to predict students' academic anxiety based on their personality traits. Ten Item Personality Inventory (TIPI) and Academic Test Anxiety (ATA) was administered to 103 counselors-in-training and analyzed using multiple regression. The results showed that only Extraversion (β = -0.21, p <0.05) and Emotional Stability (β = -0.33, p <0.01) were negative and significant predictors of student academic anxiety when counseling practice. This findings have implications to understanding personalities that are important for supporting professional development counselors.

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