[Vocational definition in the medical students: The influence of personality].
The vocational indefinition has been related by different authors with higher levels of personal immaturity, dependency sentiments or anxiety. In this paper, we analyses the possible rapport between specific personality traits and the vocational definition in the Medical Students.


METHODS
It has been analyses 1484 students of 2nd year of Medicine in the Valencia University. They have responded an anonymous interview about their characteristic sociodemographics and their vocational interests. We determinate their Personality Profile with the 16 P.F. of Cattell. The done got has been analysed with Techniques of Regression Logistic.


CONCLUSIONS
The majority of the analysed population were female (62,7%) and with a medium age of 20 years. The majority of the students have definite vocationally in the 2nd year of Medicine: the 81% against the 19%. The students who haven't defined vocationally trend to be more unstable (C-), expedient (G-), strong minded (I-) and shrewd (N+).


CONCLUSIONS
The results of our study seems to confirm the association between the career indecision in the Medical Students and specifics traits of personality, particularly the traits associated with the immaturity personal.
Rojo-Moreno
J
J
Facultad de Medicina.Universidad de Valencia, Spain. J.M.Rojo@uv.es
Monleón-Moscardo
P J
PJ
Alonso-Fonfría
A
A
Monleón-Moscardo
A
A
García-Merita
M L
ML
Valdemoro-García
C
C
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006281:Health Occupations; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010551:Personality; D010555:Personality Inventory; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology*