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Personality characteristics of a sample of anaesthetists
Author(s) -
REEVE PETER E.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1980.tb03852.x
Subject(s) - specialty , personality , sample (material) , medicine , assertiveness , economic shortage , population , medical education , family medicine , applied psychology , social psychology , psychology , linguistics , chemistry , philosophy , environmental health , chromatography , government (linguistics)
Summary No published information on the personality characteristics of a significant proportion of any specialty of the medical profession has been available to date. The author presents the results from the application of a personality questionnaire (Cattell's 16 PF Form C) to a sample of anaesthetists (n = 231). These show that this sample of anaesthetists differs from the general population in a number of dimensions. They are more reserved, intelligent, assertive, serious, conscientious, self‐sufficient and tense and less socially bold and self‐assured. They also differ from a sample of general practitioners. Within the sample of anaesthetists, there are significant differences on a cluster of factors relating to stability. Evidence is quoted, from part of the sample, of a significant relationship between personality profiles and behaviour and performance. The author puts forward a descriptive picture of the ‘good’ anaesthetist and the obverse and the possible implications for the assessment and selection of applicants for this shortage specialty.