Personality factor’s and psychiatry speciality attraction

Authors

  • P. J. MONLEÓN MOSCARDÓ Unidad de Salud Mental de Vall de Uxo (Castellón)
  • J. ROJO MORENO Psicología Médica y Psiquiatría. Departamento de Medicina Interna. Universidad de Valencia. Valencia
  • M. L. GARCÍA MERITA Personalidad, Evaluación y Tratamientos Psicológicos. Facultad de Psicología. Universidad de Valencia. Valencia
  • C. VALDEMORO-GARCÍA Facultad de Medicina y Odontología. Universidad de Valencia. Valencia
  • A. MONLEÓN MOSCARDÓ Hospital San Jorge. Huesca

Keywords:

Psychiatry, Students, Personality, 16PF

Abstract

Introduction: In this article, we analyse the possible rapport between the determinates trends of personality and the Psychiatry Speciality and we try determinate the existence of certain Profiles of Personality in the students who feel attracted by this speciality.

Material and Method: We analyse 1484 students of second year of Medicine Faculty’s of the Valencia University (Spain). An anonymity interview about the sociodemogrhapics characteristic and vocational interests of the students has done. We determinate their personality profile with the Test of personality 16 PF of Cattell. We analyse the dates with an t-Student Test.

Results and conclusions: The population analyses was of predominy femenim (62.7%) and with an age medium of 20 years. The Psychriaty speciality was chose by the 8.06% of the students. These students tend be in reference with the another students «sensitive, immature emotionally, insure...» (I+) and «unstable, impulsive, untidy» (Q3-). The bibliographic revision tend to confirm this tendency.

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Published

2001-01-01

How to Cite

MONLEÓN MOSCARDÓ, P. J., et al. “Personality factor’s and Psychiatry Speciality Attraction”. Actas Españolas De Psiquiatría, vol. 29, no. 1, Jan. 2001, pp. 14-18, https://actaspsiquiatria.es/index.php/actas/article/view/376.

Issue

Vol. 29 No. 1 (2001)

Section

Original