Semester
Summer
Date of Graduation
2005
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Type
PhD
College
College of Education and Human Services
Department
Counseling, Rehabilitation Counseling & Counseling Psychology
Committee Chair
Margaret K. Glenn.
Abstract
This study examines the relationship between objectively derived personality characteristics of West Virginia University medical students and their rate of retention and attrition in medical school. Personality trait characteristics are assessed using the 16 Personality Factor Questionnaire (16PF, 5 th edition). Relationships between student reported race, gender, age, undergraduate cumulative grade point average, undergraduate cumulative science grade point average, Medical School Admission Test scores, and retention and attrition rates were also examined. Graduation status and academic quartile ranking were used to measure outcome. Chi-Square and ANOVA procedures were used to test the research hypotheses.
Recommended Citation
Hawkins, T. Anne, "Personality factors and other predictors of academic success in medical students" (2005). Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports. 2240.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/2240