Prevalence of Personality Traits in Undergraduate Dental Students with Respect to Gender
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Undergraduate Dental Students, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Emotional StabilityAbstract
OBJECTIVES
To study the personality traits of undergraduate dental students with respect to gender.
METHODOLOGY
A Cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted at the College of Dentistry, Sharif Medical and Dental College, Lahore, over 5 months, from July to November 2021. Data was collected using the Ten Item Personality Inventory scale which was a pre-validated questionnaire.
RESULTS
There was a statistically significant association between gender and the personality of trait of emotional stability (p=0.017). There was a non-significant association between gender and the personality traits of extraversion (p=0.273), agreeableness (p=0.416), conscientiousness (p=0.147) and openness to experience (p=0.184).
CONCLUSION
The personality traits of extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness and openness to experience were more prevalent in the females in comparison to the males.
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