title: Type A and Type B personality among Undergraduate Medical Students: Need for psychosocial rehabilitation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To find out the frequency of Type A and Type B personality among the students of Undergraduate Medical College. To find association between student year and personality type.
  
  
  METHODS
  A descriptive cross sectional study was conducted at Undergraduate Medical College, Rawalpindi from Sept. 2012 till Feb. 2013. Among 500 sample size, 100 students from each MBBS year were inducted by probability systematic sampling technique. After taking consent from the institute and students, data was collected on BECK anxiety inventory (BAI) questionnaire. According to BAI scale, students were identified as Type A or B personality. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 20. To find association between student year and personality type, Chi-square test of significance with 95% confidence level was used.
  
  
  RESULTS
  First, second, third, fourth and final year students had 5 (1%), 6 (1.2%), 11 (2.2%), (13 (2.6%) and 19 (3.8%) type A personality respectively. Among all the study participants (n=500), total number of type A was 54 (10.8%) and type B personality students were 446 (89.2%). Type A personality was 29 (11.6%) in female students (n=250) and 25 (10%) in male students (n=250). Association between student year and personality type was significant (p=0.010) at 95% confidence level.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Type A personality students existed in every class and there was a gradual increase in the number of type A personality students from 1st year to final year in an undergraduate medical college of Rawalpindi. Significant association was observed in student year and type A personality.
authors: Aliya Hisam, MBBS, MPH, Lecturer in Community Medicine Department, Army Medical College, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
authors: Aliya
authors: A
authors: Hisam
authors: Mahmood Ur Rahman, MBBS, DPH, MPH, MSc, FCPS, Professor and Head of Community Medicine Department, Army Medical College, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
authors: Mahmood Ur
authors: MU
authors: Rahman
authors: Syed Fawad Mashhadi, MBBS, MPH, MPhil, Senior Lecturer in Community Medicine Department, Army Medical College, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
authors: Syed Fawad
authors: SF
authors: Mashhadi
authors: Ghulam Raza, MBBS, MSc (Medical Administration), Vice Principal, Army Medical College, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
authors: Ghulam
authors: G
authors: Raza
keywords: Medical; Personality disorder; Students