Erskine C G, Westerman G H, Grandy T G
J Dent Educ. 1986 Apr;50(4):221-4.
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) was used to measure the personality styles of dental students in two first-year classes. The MBTI measures the strength and nature of preferences along four dimensions: extroversion-introversion, sensing-intuition, thinking-feeling, and judging-perceptive. In the sample (N = 120), four personality styles--ESTJ (19), ESFJ (19), ENTJ (16), and ISTJ (12)--accounted for 55 percent of the students (N = 66). The remaining 45 percent (N = 54) were divided among 12 personality styles with no style comprising more than 5.8 percent of the students (N = 7). Further comparisons of personality traits emphasized the similarities of the student sample on dimensions of extroversion (68.3 percent), sensing (61.7 percent), and judging (74.2 percent). Comparisons with previous research confirmed the predominance of ST (sensing with thinking) and SF (sensing with feeling) combinations within dentistry. The implications for the organization and curriculum of dental schools considering the personality traits of these dental students are discussed.
迈尔斯-布里格斯性格分类指标（MBTI）被用于测量两个一年级班级牙科学生的性格类型。MBTI从外向-内向、实感-直觉、思考-情感、判断-感知这四个维度来衡量偏好的强度和性质。在样本（N = 120）中，四种性格类型——ESTJ（19人）、ESFJ（19人）、ENTJ（16人）和ISTJ（12人）——占学生总数的55%（N = 66）。其余45%（N = 54）分布在12种性格类型中，没有一种性格类型的学生占比超过5.8%（N = 7）。对性格特征的进一步比较强调了学生样本在外向性（68.3%）、实感（61.7%）和判断（74.2%）维度上的相似性。与先前研究的比较证实了牙科领域中ST（实感与思考）和SF（实感与情感）组合的主导地位。文中讨论了考虑这些牙科学生性格特征对牙科学院的组织和课程设置的影响。
