Li Chenshuang, Azami Niloufar, Campos Hugo, Chan Michael, Van Anne Doan, Tisot Pamela, Goolsby Susie
Department of Orthodontics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Division of Orthodontics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, USA.
J Dent Educ. 2024 Dec;88(12):1652-1665. doi: 10.1002/jdd.13660. Epub 2024 Jul 10.
Dental students' personalities are strongly correlated with their didactic and clinical performances. With the significant changes in the social environment in the past decades, students' personalities may also change dramatically. Additionally, with the increasing number of international students admitted into US dental programs, educators must pay attention to the potential personality differences between domestic and international students.
A systematic review focusing on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator personality types of dental students was conducted with 11 literature databases following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guideline. The quality assessment of each included article was conducted following the Joanna Briggs Institute Prevalence Critical Appraisal Tool. Meta-analyses were conducted for each personality type within the United States in the past 50 years, and in each country in the past 20 years.
Eighteen articles (17 reports) were included after the eligibility assessment. The longitudinal trends within the United States showed the predominant two personality types have changed from Extraversion, Sensing, Feeling, and Judging (ESFJ) and Extraversion, Sensing, Thinking, and Judging (ESTJ) to ESTJ and Introversion, Sensing, Thinking, and Judging (ISTJ) during the past 50 years. When comparing different countries, the United States, China, Korea, and Iran have the same two dominant personality types (ESTJ and ISTJ) but not the Philippines (Extraversion, Intuition, Feeling, and Perceiving and Introversion, Intuition, Feeling, and Perceiving). However, there are large variations in the prevalence of other personality types.
There have been constant changes in the predominant personalities of dental students over the years. Additionally, understanding the diversity of personality types within the United States as well as among different countries could serve as the foundation for further improvements in teaching strategies and student support services.
牙科学生的性格与他们的理论学习和临床实践表现密切相关。在过去几十年里，社会环境发生了重大变化，学生的性格也可能发生了巨大变化。此外，随着被美国牙科项目录取的国际学生数量不断增加，教育工作者必须关注国内和国际学生之间潜在的性格差异。
按照系统评价与Meta分析的首选报告项目指南，使用11个文献数据库对聚焦于牙科学生迈尔斯-布里格斯性格类型指标（Myers-Briggs Type Indicator）的研究进行了系统评价。按照乔安娜·布里格斯研究所患病率批判性评价工具对每篇纳入文章进行质量评估。对美国过去50年以及每个国家过去20年的每种性格类型进行了Meta分析。
经过资格评估后纳入了18篇文章（17份报告）。美国国内的纵向趋势显示，在过去50年里，占主导地位的两种性格类型已从外向、实感、情感、判断型（ESFJ）和外向、实感、思考、判断型（ESTJ）转变为ESTJ和内向、实感、思考、判断型（ISTJ）。在比较不同国家时，美国、中国、韩国和伊朗具有相同的两种主导性格类型（ESTJ和ISTJ），但菲律宾不同（外向、直觉、情感、感知型和内向、直觉、情感、感知型）。然而，其他性格类型的患病率存在很大差异。
多年来牙科学生的主导性格一直在不断变化。此外，了解美国国内以及不同国家间性格类型的多样性可为进一步改进教学策略和学生支持服务奠定基础。
