Application of Big-Five Personality Questionnaire Survey for Medical Students:Pilot Investigation
- VernacularTitle:个性五大特质问卷使用于医学生个性评估初探
- Author:
Xiping LU
;
Yanru LIN
;
Jiayu CHEN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Big-Five personality;
Reliability and validity analysis;
Medical education.
- From:
Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research
2006;0(09):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Background:Personality characters will influence the future career planning and development of medical students.Therefore,it will be important in the field of medical education to survey their personalities.Study design:The personality questionnaire was developed according to the Big-Five characters.The content validity and consistent reliability were assessed.A total of 124 undergraduate medical students participated in this 44-item self-evaluation about their personalities.Results:The inter-item consistency reliabilities of the 44-items of Big-Five personality questionnaire were analyzed and discordant items were deleted(Crobach's Alpha from 0.484~0.782 before selection to 0.67~0.82 after selection).The content validity of this five dimensions ranged from 0.8 to 0.9(P
