Personality Characteristics of Students in Five Health Professions

Abstract

This article is about the empirical research of the relationship between the components of communicative behaviour of young people. Article describes the basic components of communicative behaviour: communicative tolerance, social communicative competence, perceptual-interactive competence. These components make it possible to investigate holistically and comprehensively communicative behaviour of a person, as well as to build a correctional program for effective social dialogue construction. We describe the procedure and statistical methods to research communicative behaviour components. Analysis of relationships between components shows that the communicative behaviour of a person is build up through various systems of relationships between its components. Based on this, we found that components of communicative behaviour were dependent on characteristics of the educational environment (of such specializations as: humanitarian, technical, military). The revealed features of communicative behaviour can be used to resolve problems of discrimination, both within the student group and beyond.

The personality of past, present and future speech–language pathology students*

“…For example, Adamson et al (2003) considered personal factors related to career choice, and reported no differences between the SLP and medical radiation science students with regard to personality as measured by the Keirsey Temperament Sorter II. These results were comparable with the earlier findings where student in a range of allied health programmes scored similarly on the Myers-Briggs type indicator (MBTI) (Hardigan and Cohen 1998), the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule (Westbrook et al 1976) and the Bem Inventory (Nordholm et al 1978). Similarly, Byrne (2007b) considered a sample of students in the physiotherapy (n = 40), occupational therapy (n = 91), social work (n = 41), SLP (n = 74) and education (n = 115) programmes at a regional university.…”

“…These results were comparable with the earlier findings where student in a range of allied health programmes scored similarly on the Myers–Briggs type indicator (MBTI) (Hardigan and Cohen ), the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule (Westbrook et al . ) and the Bem Inventory (Nordholm et al . ).…”

Personality Characteristics of Australian Occupational Therapy Students

“…This resulted in a return rate of 62% which compares favourably with the 52% return obtained by Westbrook et al (1976) and the 62% obtained by Radonsky (1980). Students were told that they were participating in a study looking at occupational therapy students during their course of study.…”

“…health professionals and others, there are also major personality differences between groups working in related fields (Brollier, 1970), and between health professionals in different countries (Westbrook et al, 1976). (EPPS) (Edwards, 19591, Westbrook et al (1976) examined the personality characteristics of five groups of first-year health science students.…”

“…health professionals and others, there are also major personality differences between groups working in related fields (Brollier, 1970), and between health professionals in different countries (Westbrook et al, 1976). (EPPS) (Edwards, 19591, Westbrook et al (1976) examined the personality characteristics of five groups of first-year health science students. When compared with the American tertiary norm, Australian students were found to be significantly more nurturant, autonomous, succorant and aggressive, more open to change and more interested in the opposite sex, while at the same time, being significantly less achieving, deferent, orderly and dominant.…”