The Differences of Personality Styles Between the Chinese and English Dental School Applicants
- VernacularTitle:口腔医学专业考生人格特点的中英样本比较
- Author:
Shengjun WU
;
Danmin MIAO
;
Zhengxue LUO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
psychometries;
personality type;
cross-sectional study;
MBTI;
cross-culture;
temperament
- From:
Chinese Mental Health Journal
2002;0(11):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective: To find out some clues in the personality types of Chinese dental school applicants and provide useful information in the cross-culture research between western and eastern countries, and supply guidance for Chinese educators.Methods:The Chinese version of MBTI (Form G) was used to test the personality styles of 332 dental school applicants from the mainland of China, and the personality styles of dental school applicants between Chinese and English were compared. Results:In mental aptitude, the percentage of introversion (I) type in Chinese samples (56.8)was higher than Extroversion (E) type(43.2), while it was contrary in English samples (15.7 vs. 84.3)and the difference was significant (?~2=111.49, P
