Personality traits and types predict medical school stress: a six‐year longitudinal and nationwide study

Reidar Tyssen, Filip C. Dolatowski, Jan Ole Røvik, Ruth Foseide Thorkildsen, Øivind Ekeberg, Erlend Hem, Tore Gude, Nina T Grønvold, Per Vaglum

Medical Education · 2007 · 183 citations · 27 references

Abstract

This is the first study to show that a specific combination of personality traits can predict medical school stress. The combination of high neuroticism and high conscientiousness is considered to be particularly high risk.

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