Personality Traits Are Associated with Academic Achievement in Medical School: A Nationally Representative Study

Sobowale, Kunmi; Ham, Sandra A.; Curlin, Farr A.; Yoon, John D.

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“…In contrast, 'neuroticism' which is related to emotional instability is negatively associated with academic achievement (Chamorro-Premuzic & Furnham 2003). Students high in 'neuroticism' are less likely to do well in most specialties (Sobowale et al 2018). These findings may confirm the significance of personality traits generally even though the students' learning styles and methods still need further investigation.…”

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Adult Personality and its Relationship with Stress Level and Coping Mechanism among Final Year Medical Students

Mohamed¹,

A²,

Aa³

et al. 2019

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Each human being exhibits their own personality traits and each aspect of stress and coping is essential and related. The relationship between the big five personality traits, coping mechanisms and stress level among final year medical students of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) was investigated in this study. In this cross-sectional study, 152 final year medical students batch 2017/2018, were randomly selected, excluding those who had chronic diseases, married and repeated final year. The questionnaires used were Big Five Personality Inventory and 12-Item General Health Questionnaire. An open-ended question was used to determine how the respondents cope with their stress. Data was analyzed using SPSS 20.0. Agreeableness was the most common personality trait portrayed among the students, whereas Openness to Experience appeared to be the least. The relationship between the Big Five Personality Traits and coping mechanisms (p=0.016; p<0.05) were significantly related. Students with Neuroticism personality had the highest rate of practicing avoidant coping mechanism, while students with Extraversion personality had the highest rate of practicing active coping mechanism. Total score of stress were significantly difference between the different personality traits (p<0.001; p<0.05). However, the p value of 0.359 (p>0.05) and 0.94 (p>0.05) for the Big Five Personality Traits and level of stress showed no significant results on academic performance. Identified own personality were beneficial for final year medical students as it helps to identify the most effective coping mechanism in reducing stress during studying medicine.

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Adult Personality and its Relationship with Stress Level and Coping Mechanism among Final Year Medical Students

Mohamed¹,

A²,

Aa³

et al. 2019

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“…When examining the relationship between academic success and general personality characteristics, the most frequently assessed traits are the Big Five personality traits. Conscientiousness (e.g., Barrick & Mount, 1991;Noftle & Robins, 2007;Richardson & Abraham, 2009;Saklofske, Austin, Mastoras, Beaton, & Osborne, 2012), agreeableness (e.g., Saklofske et al, 2012;Shiner, Masten, & Roberts, 2003), and openness (e.g., Bauer & Liang, 2003;Moses et al, 2011;Noftle & Robins, 2007) are consistently indicated as significant positive predictors of GPA or other indicators of academic success, with conscientiousness being the strongest overall predictor (Poropat, 2009;Richardson, Abraham, & Bond, 2012;Rimfeld, Kovas, Dale, & Plomin, 2016;Sobowale, Ham, Curlin, & Yoon, 2018;Stajkovic, Bandura, Locke, Lee, & Sergent, 2018;Vedel, 2014). The research examining the relationship between neuroticism and GPA is mixed, with some studies finding significant negative relationships (e.g., Chamorro-Premuzic, 2006;Chamorro-Premuzic & Furnham, 2003) and others finding significant positive relationships (e.g., Musgrave-Marquart, Bromley, & Dalley, 1997;Noftle & Robins, 2007;Steele-Johnson & Leas, 2013).…”

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Sinking or Swimming in an Academic Pool: A Study of Resiliency and Student Success in First-Year Undergraduates

Wilson

Babcock

Saklofske

2019

Canadian Journal of Higher Education

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The transition from high school to post-secondary education presents challenges for students. Many variables have been identified as significant predictors of student achievement. Resiliency, defined as the ability to overcome challenges and adversity, may be particularly relevant during the adjustment to post-secondary education. This study assesses whether resiliency incrementally predicts student success after controlling for additional predictors. Participants were 277 undergraduate students who completed self-reports of academic skills, resiliency, personality variables, emotional intelligence (EI), and perfectionism. Students' year-end GPA was collected from the university registrar. Hierarchical regression analysis revealed that resiliency, measured by sense of mastery, negatively predicted GPA after controlling for other predictors. The sense of mastery facet of self-efficacy positively predicted GPA; however, the adaptability facet was a significant negative predictor of GPA. Findings suggest that self-efficacy is a salient predictor of academic success, and that strong academic skills may serve as a protective factor for poor adaptability.

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“…En cuanto a este interés y motivación necesarios para el ejercicio de la investigación científica, existe literatura sobre diversas iniciativas de investigación que se centran en descubrir los factores relacionados al éxito académico en el contexto universitario (Borracci et al, 2014;Mills, Heyworth, Rosenwax, Carr & Rosenberg, 2009). Estos estudios claramente evidencian que la personalidad humana está fuertemente vinculada a procesos internos de los individuos y sus motivaciones en el campo académico, que, en consecuencia, generan un adecuado rendimiento académico y un importante grado de motivación de logro ante tareas y exigencias como las que demandan aquellas que implican rigor científico (Al-Naggar et al, 2015;Chamorro-Premuzic & Furnham, 2008;Eyong, David & Umoh, 2014;Hakimi, Hejazi & Lavasani, 2011;Mamani & Quinteros, 2014;Sobowale, Ham, Curlin & Yoon, 2017;Tijdink et al, 2016;Vedel & Poropat, 2017).…”

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“…Así también, respecto a iniciativas que vinculan netamente los rasgos de personalidad con la actitud hacia la tesis en universitarios, se resalta el trabajo realizado por Mamani y Quinteros (2014), quienes también concluyeron que cuanto mayor predominancia tiene el rasgo conciencia en el perfil de personalidad de los estudiantes, mayores actitudes favorables hacia la tesis son reveladas. Por otra parte, en el ámbito internacional, donde aparecen la mayor cantidad de estudios que avalan que la personalidad, es evidente que este rasgo ha demostrado ser un predictor para determinar un buen desempeño y éxito académico (Al-Naggar et al, 2015;Chamorro-Premuzic & Furnham, 2008;Eyong, David & Umoh, 2014;Hakimi, Hejazi & Lavasani, 2011;Sobowale, Ham, Curlin & Yoon, 2017;Tijdink et al, 2016;Vedel & Poropat, 2017), resaltando algunos como el realizado por Hong y Li (2011), quienes concluyeron que el rasgo conciencia es un predictor significativo de actitudes favorables hacia la ciencia en estudiantes de educación secundaria. Así también, el realizado por Malykh (2017), el cual concluye que el único rasgo de personalidad que tiene la capacidad de explicar las diferencias individuales respecto al logro académico en una población de estudiantes de secundaria, fue el denominado rasgo o factor conciencia.…”

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Rasgo conciencia y actitud hacia la tesis en universitarios de una sociedad científica

Mamani-Benito¹,

Tarqui²

2019

PSICO

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Con el objetivo de determinar si el rasgo conciencia de la personalidad es un buen predictor de la actitud hacia la tesis, se realizó un estudio asociativo predictivo con una población de 83 universitarios de una sociedad científica a quienes se les aplicó la subescala factor conciencia del inventario de personalidad NEO PI-R y la escala de actitud hacia la realización de una tesis. Los resultados evidencian que las facetas competencia, sentido del deber y reflexión son las que predicen significativamente la actitud hacia la tesis universitaria. Así mismo, se observa una asociación directa a nivel moderado entre ambas variables. Se concluye que la predominancia del rasgo conciencia en el perfil de personalidad de universitarios involucrados en grupos de investigación predice actitudes favorables hacia la elaboración de trabajos de grado. Palabras clave: personalidad, rasgo conciencia, actitudes hacia la investigación, tesis. Conscientiousness and attitude towards the thesis in university students of a scientific society In order to determine if the Conscientiousness trait of personality is a good predictor of the attitude towards the thesis, a predictive correlative study was carried out with a population of 83 university students of a Scientific Society. The conscientiousness sub-scale of the NEO PI-R personality inventory and the attitude scale towards the realization of a thesis were applied. The results show that the facets of competence, sense of duty and reflection are what significantly predict the attitude towards the university thesis; likewise, a direct and moderate association is observed between both variables. The predominance of the conscientiousness trait in the personality profile of university students involved in research groups predicts favorable attitudes towards the elaboration of degree work.

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Personality Traits Are Associated with Academic Achievement in Medical School: A Nationally Representative Study

Cited by 41 publications

References 29 publications

Adult Personality and its Relationship with Stress Level and Coping Mechanism among Final Year Medical Students

Adult Personality and its Relationship with Stress Level and Coping Mechanism among Final Year Medical Students

Sinking or Swimming in an Academic Pool: A Study of Resiliency and Student Success in First-Year Undergraduates

Rasgo conciencia y actitud hacia la tesis en universitarios de una sociedad científica

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