Whitaker Matthew
Department of Economics, Mathematics and Statistics, Birkbeck University of London , London , UK.
Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2018 Jan;100(1):72-77. doi: 10.1308/rcsann.2017.0200.
Introduction This study aims to answer the question of whether surgeons have different personalities to non-surgeons. Methods Members of the Royal College of Surgeons of England were sent an email survey containing 50 standard questions from the Five Factor personality assessment, which scores each respondent in five key personality traits (conscientiousness, agreeableness, neuroticism, openness, extroversion). Results were analysed and compared with a population-level data set from a survey conducted by the BBC. Results Five hundred and ninety-nine surgeons completed the survey. Analysis showed that surgeons scored significantly higher for conscientiousness, agreeableness, openness and neuroticism than non-surgeons (P < 0.05). Further analysis showed that female surgeons scored higher in openness and extroversion relative to the population average and that surgeons become more prone to neuroticism than non-surgeons as they age. Conclusions The results support the notion of a surgical personality, as well as indicating that female surgeons have significantly different personality profiles from male surgeons, and that age affects surgeons' personalities in different ways to non-surgeons.
引言 本研究旨在回答外科医生与非外科医生的性格是否存在差异这一问题。方法 向英国皇家外科医学院的成员发送了一份电子邮件调查问卷，其中包含来自五因素人格评估的50个标准问题，该评估会对每位受访者在五个关键人格特质（尽责性、宜人性、神经质、开放性、外向性）方面进行评分。对结果进行了分析，并与英国广播公司进行的一项调查的总体水平数据集进行了比较。结果 599名外科医生完成了调查。分析表明，外科医生在尽责性、宜人性、开放性和神经质方面的得分显著高于非外科医生（P < 0.05）。进一步分析表明，相对于总体平均水平，女外科医生在开放性和外向性方面得分更高，并且随着年龄增长，外科医生比非外科医生更容易出现神经质。结论 研究结果支持外科医生存在特定性格特征的观点，同时表明女外科医生与男外科医生的性格特征存在显著差异，并且年龄对外科医生性格的影响方式与非外科医生不同。
