의예과 학생들의 성격유형검사(MBTI)의 특성 = The Characteristics of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator in Premedical Students

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Pmpose: To investigate the characteristics of Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) in premedical students of one medical college and to compare the personality profiles of them with those of other studies which involved the K-orean university students and other country population. Mateiials and Methods: The MBTI was used to measure the personality profiles of premedical students at the Center for Teaching & Leaming of Chosun University. One hundred and twenty five premedical students participated in this study and the MBTI profiles of them were compared to those of K-orean university students (1,441 persons), i.e. their potential patients and those of the United Kingdom (UK.) Population (1,634 persons) and a sample of UK- doctors (313 persons) of one medical college involved in other studies. Results: The premedical students had a preference for Introversion (62%) rather than Extraversion (38%), Sensing (70%) rather than Intuition (30%), Thinking (66%) rather than Feeling (34%), and Judging (57%) rather than Perceiving (43%). There were more Thinking (66% vs 57%, p=0.071) in the premedical students than in K-orean university students with borderline significance. There were significantly more Thinking (66% vs 46%, P=0.000) and more Introversion (62% vs 48%, p=0.002) than in UK- adult population. Also there were significantly more Sensing (62% vs 48%, p=0.002), significantly less Judging (57% vs 68%, P=0.034), and more Introversion (62% vs 53%, 0=0.094) with borderline significance than in UK doctors. But no difference was shown in Thinking between the premedical students and UK- doctors, Conclusion: The personality profiles of the premedical students in this study differed in Thinking with borderline significance from K-orean university students and significantly differed from the UK adult population in Thinking and Introversion showing the cultural difference. No difference of Thinking between the premedical students and UK doctors despite of cultural difference suggests the correlation between the Thinking and medical professional choice.