Temperament and character profiles of medical students associated with tolerance of ambiguity and perfectionism.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Certain personal attributes, such as perfectionism and tolerance of ambiguity, have been identified as influential in high achieving students. Medical students have been identified as high achievers and perfectionistic, and as such may be challenged by ambiguity. Medical students undertake a long and challenging degree. Personality has been shown to influence the well-being and coping and may equip some students to better cope with challenges. This paper examines the association between temperament and character personality profiles with measures of tolerance of ambiguity and with both adaptive and maladaptive constructs of perfectionism.

Methods

A self-report questionnaire collected data on a sample of 808 Australian medical students in 2014 and 2015. Personality

SUBMITTER: Leung J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6571128 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature