Personality Influence on Examination Result-A Institute Based Cross Sectional Study

Dr. Debjani Laha

Authors

Dr. Debjani Laha Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, North Bengal Medical College and Hospital, Sushrutanagar, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India.

Keywords:

personality, examination results

Abstract

Personality is the set of characteristics possessed by a person that is unique to him/her and is influenced by emotion, interpersonal relation, motivations etc. [1, 2]. Assessment of personality was done with Big Five Assessment Inventory with specific questionnaire format in first year M.B.B.S students. Subsequently their final examination results were collected. The statistical analysis was done using SPSS version 18. Pearson’s correlation coefficient is done. Significance level set on p value equals to 0.05. Neuroticism and Agreeableness is significantly associated with good examination scores.

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