Open AccessCommunication Practice, Personality and Well-being of Doctors
Author(s) -
Vageesha Rao,
Shalini Singh
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
international journal of indian psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2349-3429
pISSN - 2348-5396
DOI - 10.25215/0402.049
Subject(s) - conscientiousness , agreeableness , openness to experience , neuroticism , personality , psychology , scale (ratio) , big five personality traits , extraversion and introversion , clinical psychology , social psychology , physics , quantum mechanics
The present study aims at investigating the relationship between communication practice, personality and wellbeing of doctors. A sample comprising of 80 general physicians from private hospitals of Gurgaon and Delhi was taken. Standardized Questionnaires, i.e., Internal Communication Scale (Roberts and O’Reilly, 1974), NEO Five Factor Inventory (Costa and McCrac, 1992) and PGI Wellbeing Scale (Verma and Verma, 1989) were administered to measure these variables. Results revealed positive relationship communication practice, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Openness and Wellbeing, Neuroticism is negatively correlated to communicate practice and wellbeing of doctors.