title: Personality of dental students in two dental schools in the United Kingdom and in Ireland.
abstract: The personality characteristics of students from two dental schools, one in the United Kingdom which admitted students using interviews, and one in Ireland which accepted students solely on examination results, were assessed using the short form of the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire. Results were compared with norms for age and sex. Personality scores of students from the Irish dental school were not significantly different from normal scores. Female and male students from the United Kingdom school scored higher than would be expected on extraversion, and male students from the same school scored lower than would be expected on neuroticism. The differences in personality between the two schools may be explained by the different methods of admission.
authors.affiliation: Guy's, King's and St Thomas' Dental Institute, London, United Kingdom. michael.fenlon@kcl.ac.uk
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Fenlon
authors.forename: B E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: McCartan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sheriff
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Newton
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005120:Extraversion, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D007494:Ireland; D008131:London; D008297:Male; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D010551:Personality; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D012570:School Admission Criteria; D012575:Schools, Dental; D012737:Sex Factors; D013335:Students, Dental; D006113:United Kingdom