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KMID : 0387420090200030217
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Korean Society of Oriental Neuropsychiatry
2009 Volume.20 No. 3 p.217 ~ p.227
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Study about Personality Traits of Oriental Medical Students in Graduating Class on MMPI (1)
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Lee Dong-Wha
Kim Bo-Kyung
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Abstract
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Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate personality traits of oriental medical students in graduating class by using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)
Methods: The subjects of this study were 164 (male 108, female 56) oriental medical students in Busan. MMPI scores were analyzed about validity scales, clinical scales and personality disorder scales in aspects of whole student, attendant year, gender and ages.
Results & Conclusions : First, The average scores of MMPI scales showed that oriental medical students in graduating class lay within the range of normal. There was no difference among attendant years, and averages of each year made little difference to whole student. The students belonged to ’defensive group’ that were doing adaptive defense relatively Second, in comparison with gender, female students got more social adaptability and less stress than male students. In comparison with ages, group of 28~42 years old tended to make up themselves with defensive attitude.
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KEYWORD
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Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, Personality traits, Oriental medical student, Graduating class
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