Garfinkel P E, Bagby R M, Schuller D R, Williams C C, Dickens S E, Dorian B
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto.
Can J Psychiatry. 2001 Nov;46(9):835-40. doi: 10.1177/070674370104600907.
Few studies have examined the predictors of psychiatrists' perceived success and personal satisfaction with their careers. The present study examines self-reported success and personal satisfaction with their careers in a cohort of psychiatrists followed for more than 20 years.
A total of 29 psychiatrists, all of whom had participated in a study during their residency 21 to 24 years earlier, completed a self-report questionnaire. The first set of questions addressed the type and characteristics of their professional practice; the second set assessed aspects of their nonprofessional practice; and the third set assessed aspects of their nonprofessional, personal lifestyles. The personality traits of neuroticism and extraversion were assessed during the residency years and were used as predictors. Composite measures of self-perceived external success and personal satisfaction were computed. Regression models were constructed to determine the best predictors of these composite measures.
Neuroticism proved to be a significant predictor of external success but not of personal satisfaction, with higher scores predicting a lower rating of perceived external success. There were 2 practice characteristics--involvement with research and practising from an orientation other than psychoanalytic--that predicted perception of success. One personal lifestyle characteristic--the perception that one's nonprofessional life sustained professional life--also predicted perception of success. The best predictor of personal satisfaction was overall satisfaction with nonprofessional aspects of life.
Personality, nonprofessional social support, and engaging in research are associated with greater perceived success and personal satisfaction with a career in psychiatry.
很少有研究探讨精神科医生职业成就感和个人满意度的预测因素。本研究对一组随访超过20年的精神科医生的职业成就感和个人满意度进行了自我报告调查。
共有29名精神科医生完成了一份自我报告问卷，他们均在21至24年前住院实习期间参与过一项研究。第一组问题涉及他们专业实践的类型和特点；第二组评估他们非专业实践的方面；第三组评估他们非专业的个人生活方式的方面。神经质和外向性的人格特质在住院实习期间进行了评估，并用作预测因素。计算了自我感知的外部成就感和个人满意度的综合指标。构建回归模型以确定这些综合指标的最佳预测因素。
神经质被证明是外部成就感的一个重要预测因素，但不是个人满意度的预测因素，得分越高表明感知到的外部成就感越低。有两个实践特点——参与研究和采用非精神分析取向进行实践——可预测成就感。一个个人生活方式特点——认为自己的非专业生活对专业生活有支持作用——也可预测成就感。个人满意度的最佳预测因素是对生活非专业方面的总体满意度。
人格、非专业社会支持和参与研究与精神科职业中更高的成就感和个人满意度相关。
