A Comparison of Interests of First Year Dental Students and Fellows of the Academy of General Dentistry on the Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory

Emling, R C; Green, Paul A.; Stevens, Ford W.

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“…Many workers, particularly in the United States, have made efforts to identify the factors motivating students to embark on a dental career and also to identify the personality characteristics of these students by using a variety of different standardized personality inventories (Dworkin, 1967; Gershen & McCrearey, 1977; Emling et al , 1980; Silberman et al , 1982). Further studies have attempted to predict academic success in relation to particular personality traits, but the results in general have been disappointing (Peterson, 1948; Kalis et al , 1962; Glyn‐Jones, 1979).…”

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An exploration of the attitudes, personality and performance of dental students

Reeve

Watson²

1985

Medical Education

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This study investigates (1) the behavioural patterns, performance and attitudes to dentistry and (2) the personality traits, in male and female dental students (n = 219) studying at Cardiff Dental School. The first part deals with the results of a questionnaire investigating aspects of the students' training course, interests in various fields of dentistry, the level of frustration, anxiety and fatigue felt, the overall feelings of satisfaction and dissatisfaction produced in their dental course, their reasons for entering dentistry and their hopes for a future career, as well as their various leisure and spare-time activities. The second part examines the personality traits of clinical stage students (n = 123) based on Cattell's personality questionnaire, the 16 PFQ form C. The results were correlated with students' 'A' level grades, interview grades, clinical examination results and responses to some items of the general questionnaire. It was possible to identify certain characteristics in dental students which implied likely success in their dental examinations. This may have a useful implication for the initial selection of those wishing to practise dentistry.

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An exploration of the attitudes, personality and performance of dental students

Reeve

Watson²

1985

Medical Education

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“…However, dental students as well as working dentists mainly appeared to be interested in investigative and realistic activities. A meaningful difference between the groups was that the dental students were less enterprising but also less conventional than the working dentists (Emling, Green, & Stevens, 1980). In a longitudinal study, Borges, Savickas, and Jones (2004) classified medical occupations into more technique-oriented professions (e.g., surgery) and more social-oriented professions (e.g., family medicine).…”

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Prestige Added to Holland’s Vocational Interest Scales for the Prediction of Medical Students’ Aspired Work Environments

Guntern¹,

Korpershoek²,

Werf³

2015

Journal of Career Assessment

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The current study examines the relative impact of vocational interests and prestige on medical students’ aspired work environments. The following areas were included: family doctor, specialist in a private practice, specialist in a hospital, scientific researcher, and dentist. We also added the category “undecided students.” The sample consisted of 788 medical students in their preclinical years. Multinomial logistic regression analysis showed that the impact of vocational interests and prestige varied as a function of the medical students’ aspired work environments. Students with investigative interests particularly aspired to become scientific researchers (compared to the reference category of family doctor), whereas students interested in prestigious careers aspired to become specialists in a private practice (but not specialists in a hospital). Students with realistic interests particularly aspired to become dentists or specialists in a hospital. This article is concluded by a discussion of the impact of the person–environment fit on students’ career decisions.

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Is Holland's theory worthy of so much attention, or should vocational psychology move on?

Schwartz

1992

Journal of Vocational Behavior

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A Comparison of Interests of First Year Dental Students and Fellows of the Academy of General Dentistry on the Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory

Cited by 4 publications

References 16 publications

An exploration of the attitudes, personality and performance of dental students

An exploration of the attitudes, personality and performance of dental students

Prestige Added to Holland’s Vocational Interest Scales for the Prediction of Medical Students’ Aspired Work Environments

Is Holland's theory worthy of so much attention, or should vocational psychology move on?

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