BACKGROUND Professionalism in medical students is not only difficult to define but difficult to teach and measure. As negative behaviour in medical students is associated with post-graduate disciplinary action it would be useful to have a model whereby unprofessional behaviour at the undergraduate level can easily be identified to permit appropriate intervention. We have previously developed a ...

objective: exploring how academic users including students and faculty members evaluate health information on the web especially with regard to their personality characteristic of conscientiousness. methodology: a random sample including 148 students and faculty members located at the two faculties of medicine sciences and nursing and midwify at the tehran university of medical sciences was the...

This experimental study examined the effects of conscientiousness and competition on group decision quality. The participants this (240 undergraduate students, 175 females, 65 males) were divided into 40 groups High-conscientiousness (HC) traits Low-conscientiousness (LC) traits. Each consisted three people. task was to make a in two different settings, with without competition. exact logistic ...

Abstract The current study aimed to identify what individual differences and situational variables cause derailment in highly conscientious people. Data were from a representative working sample of 716 participants across 27 industries, spanning both management non-management roles. We tested four hypotheses with regard bright- dark-side personality traits the relationship between boss/manager ...

Gordon L. Flett, PhD Canada Research Chair in Personality and Health York University Toronto Mr. C is a 50-year-old professional writer who recently made a serious suicide attempt. At his initial session, Mr. C was hesitant to discuss his situation and reason for attending. He did, however, bring a copy of his résumé so the therapist could “get to know him quickly.” He said he had been depresse...

The present study investigated five types of personality trait continuity using two measurement waves of Spanish adolescents (N = 234). Personality traits were measured with the short form of the Junior Spanish NEO-PI-R (JS NEO-S) at ages 12 and 15. The results showed stability in the personality trait structure, as well as decreases in the mean levels of agreeableness and conscientiousness. Th...