King's College London Dental Institute, Department of Oral Health Services Research & Dental Public Health, London.
Eur J Dent Educ. 2011 May;15(2):80-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0579.2010.00642.x. Epub 2011 Mar 17.
King's College London Dental Institute (KCLDI) is the largest school in the UK, training dental professionals: Dentists, Hygienists/Therapists and Dental Nurses. Although previous work has examined dental students, there is a dearth of studies on the personality profile of students of hygiene/therapy and dental nursing.
To investigate the personality profile of students studying dentistry, hygiene/therapy and dental nursing at KCLDI, by programme, sex and ethnicity.
All entrants into dentistry, hygiene/therapy and dental nursing at KCLDI were invited to participate in the study. A self report questionnaire including the brief version of the Five-Factor Model and personal details was administered to the 218 recruited students in groups and under supervised conditions.
One-way ANOVA on data from 148 questionnaires revealed significant differences; the medical graduate entrants to dentistry appeared to have a more extraverted profile than hygiene/therapy entrants (P<0.04). The graduate entrants to dentistry were more open to experiences than the direct entrants (P<0.03) and the dental nursing trainees (P<0.03). The medical graduate entrants also appeared more open to experiences than the dental nursing trainees; the latter also appeared to have a more sensitive profile compared to the medical entry students (P<0.03). No differences were found between groups in agreeableness and conscientiousness.
The findings suggest the presence of personality differences between entrants to dentistry, hygiene/therapy and dental nursing. The implications of these findings are discussed.
伦敦大学国王学院牙科学院（KCLDI）是英国最大的学校，培养牙科专业人员：牙医、洁牙师/治疗师和牙科护士。尽管之前的工作已经检查了牙科学生，但对洁牙/治疗和牙科护理学生的人格特征研究甚少。
通过项目、性别和种族调查 KCLDI 牙科、洁牙/治疗和牙科护理学生的人格特征。
邀请所有进入 KCLDI 牙科、洁牙/治疗和牙科护理的学生参加研究。一项自我报告问卷包括五因素模型的简要版本和个人详细信息，在小组和监督条件下分发给 218 名招募的学生。
对来自 148 份问卷的数据进行单因素方差分析显示存在显著差异；牙科专业的医学毕业生比洁牙/治疗专业的入学申请者表现出更外向的特征（P<0.04）。牙科专业的研究生比直接入学的学生（P<0.03）和牙科护理学员（P<0.03）更开放地接受体验。医学专业的入学申请者也比牙科护理学员更开放地接受体验；后者也比医学专业的学生表现出更敏感的特征（P<0.03）。各组之间在宜人性和尽责性方面没有差异。
研究结果表明，牙科、洁牙/治疗和牙科护理入学申请者之间存在人格差异。讨论了这些发现的意义。
