医学生的个性特征对学习成续的影响

The Influence of Medical Students’ Personality Characteristics on Academic Performance

该研究的目的在于研究兴其它专业的学生相比，医学生的个性特征中哪种更典型，更能影响医学生的临床前期课程学习。1997年，有785名学生进入了弗兰米西地区的大学学习医学，其中631名学生（占80.4%）进行了个性五因素的测定量表（NEOI─PI─R表）测量，914名捷特大学其它7个专业的一年级学生也做了同样的测量。该研究还调查了这些医学生的期末成续，第一学年有607名，第二学年413名，第三学年341名。结果表明，医学生的”外倾性”和”随和性”因素分值最高，”责任心”因素对临床前期的学习成续的预测作用很大，”责任心”因素分值低而具有”社交”、”冒险”个性特征的学生更有可能无法通过考试。

The objective for this investigation is：（1）which personality traits are typical of medical students as compared to other students， and（2）which personality traits predict medical student’s performance in pre─clinical years. In 1997， a combined total of 785 students entered medical studies courses in five Flemish universities. Of these， 631（80.4%）completed the NEO─PI─R（i.e. a measure of the Five─Factor Model of Personality）. This was also completed by 914 Year 1 students of seven other academic majors at Ghent University. Year end scores for medical students were obtained form 607 students in Year1 ， from 413 in Year 2 and from 341 in Year 3. Results indicated that medical studies fall into the group of majors where students score highest on extraversion and agreeableness. Conscientiousness significantly predicts final scores in each pre─clinical year. Medical students who score low on conscientious and high on gregariousness and excitement─seeking are significantly less likely to sit examinations successfully.