title: [Personality and coping with stress in the general practitioner and surgeon's profession].
abstract: Personality variables of the professional are an essential determinant of the stress experienced by a professional and the active steps taken to cope with or counter those problems.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To verify this hypothesis, an analysis of the relationship between personality variables of specialists of the various fields and their individual patterns in dealing with professional demands was conducted.
  
  
  METHODS
  30 each of general practitioners and surgeons constituted the study material, whose personality traits levels and patterns of coping behaviour and work-related attitudes (AVEM) were measured.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Comparing the results obtained in the two groups of specialists, a significant differentiation in the levels of their personality traits, as well as within patterns applicable when dealing with professional demands and strains (p < .001). Among surgeons risk pattern A (The 'Excessively-ambitious' pattern), whereas among general practitioners risk pattern B (The Resigned/burnout' pattern).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results of the study confirm the postulate that allows for personality variables in research in coping behaviour patterns (AVEM) and in prophylactic or remedial programmes created for concrete professional groups.
authors.affiliation: Uniwersytet Kazimierza Wielkiego w Bydgoszczy, Instytut Psychologii. magdamus@gazeta.pl
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Muszalska
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Buczkowski
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002055:Burnout, Professional; D013502:General Surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010551:Personality; D010821:Physicians, Family / Q000523:psychology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires