McCreary C P, Gershen J A
J Dent Educ. 1982 May;46(5):279-83.
This study examines changes in personality traits in male and female dental students and recent graduates. The Comrey Personality Scales were administered to two freshman classes, and the test was readministered two months after graduation for one class and twenty-six months after graduation for the other class. Sex. class, and test/retest scores were analyzed using a three-way analysis of variance with repeated measures for each scale. Significant test/retest differences consisted of increases on the Orderliness versus Lack of Compulsion Scale and Conformity versus Rebelliousness Scale and a decrease on the Activity versus Lack of Energy Scale. There were significant sex differences on the Activity versus Lack of Energy, Emotional Stability versus Neuroticism, and Masculinity versus Femininity Scales; a decrease on the Empathy versus Egocentrism Scale occurred among females in one of the classes. Dental students became increasingly more orderly and identified with established social values; they also became less competitive and less driven to excel. The dental school experience may partially explain these changes; however, other conditions, such as maturation and societal influences, may have been involved.
本研究调查了男女牙科学生及近期毕业生的人格特质变化。对两个新生班级施测了康瑞尔人格量表，其中一个班级在毕业后两个月重新进行测试，另一个班级在毕业后二十六个月重新进行测试。对性别、班级以及每个量表的重测分数进行了重复测量的三因素方差分析。显著的重测差异包括在有序性与缺乏强迫性量表、从众性与叛逆性量表上得分增加，在活力与缺乏能量量表上得分降低。在活力与缺乏能量、情绪稳定性与神经质、男性化与女性化量表上存在显著的性别差异；其中一个班级的女性在同理心与自我中心量表上得分降低。牙科学生变得越来越有序，并认同既定的社会价值观；他们也变得竞争力减弱，追求卓越的动力降低。牙科学校的经历可能部分解释了这些变化；然而，其他因素，如成熟度和社会影响，也可能起到了作用。
