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The Relationship between Big Five Personality Traits and Academic Performance in Medical Students

It is a learned fact that personality is an integration of individuals' characteristics that benefits them to stay successful in their career path. ln the field of education the educators, researchers, and psychologists are on the constant explosion of the tightfisted set of variables that pred...

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Main Authors: Charan Kishor, Shetty, Ab. Aziz, Sulaiman, Khairi, Che Mat, Myat Moe Thwe, Aung, Rohayah, Husain, Vidya, Bhagat
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2019
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B Philosophy (General)
L Education (General)
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spelling my-unisza-ir.25492021-01-28T04:50:02Z http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/2549/ The Relationship between Big Five Personality Traits and Academic Performance in Medical Students Charan Kishor, Shetty Ab. Aziz, Sulaiman Khairi, Che Mat Myat Moe Thwe, Aung Rohayah, Husain Vidya, Bhagat B Philosophy (General) L Education (General) It is a learned fact that personality is an integration of individuals' characteristics that benefits them to stay successful in their career path. ln the field of education the educators, researchers, and psychologists are on the constant explosion of the tightfisted set of variables that predicts patterns of students' behaviors and their association with academic achievement. Thus the current study aimed done at finding about the relationship between 'Big Five' personality traits and academic achievement of undergraduate medical students. The total sample of 122 from year one and two medical students of Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Malaysia was involved in the study. All personality traits positively and significantly predicted students overall grade. Of all traits, Openness and Neuroticism were positively related to student's academic achievement than agreeableness, and conscientiousness and are more important predictors of overall grade of the students. Extraversion was positively related (r =.150) but not statistically significant. The present results provide evidence supporting the Relationship between Personality Traits and Academic Performance in medical students. 2019 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed text en http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/2549/1/FH03-FP-19-29127.pdf Charan Kishor, Shetty and Ab. Aziz, Sulaiman and Khairi, Che Mat and Myat Moe Thwe, Aung and Rohayah, Husain and Vidya, Bhagat (2019) The Relationship between Big Five Personality Traits and Academic Performance in Medical Students. In: Academics World international conference, 29-30 Jun 2019, Bali.
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topic B Philosophy (General)
L Education (General)
spellingShingle B Philosophy (General)
L Education (General)
Charan Kishor, Shetty
Ab. Aziz, Sulaiman
Khairi, Che Mat
Myat Moe Thwe, Aung
Rohayah, Husain
Vidya, Bhagat
The Relationship between Big Five Personality Traits and Academic Performance in Medical Students
description It is a learned fact that personality is an integration of individuals' characteristics that benefits them to stay successful in their career path. ln the field of education the educators, researchers, and psychologists are on the constant explosion of the tightfisted set of variables that predicts patterns of students' behaviors and their association with academic achievement. Thus the current study aimed done at finding about the relationship between 'Big Five' personality traits and academic achievement of undergraduate medical students. The total sample of 122 from year one and two medical students of Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Malaysia was involved in the study. All personality traits positively and significantly predicted students overall grade. Of all traits, Openness and Neuroticism were positively related to student's academic achievement than agreeableness, and conscientiousness and are more important predictors of overall grade of the students. Extraversion was positively related (r =.150) but not statistically significant. The present results provide evidence supporting the Relationship between Personality Traits and Academic Performance in medical students.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Charan Kishor, Shetty
Ab. Aziz, Sulaiman
Khairi, Che Mat
Myat Moe Thwe, Aung
Rohayah, Husain
Vidya, Bhagat
author_facet Charan Kishor, Shetty
Ab. Aziz, Sulaiman
Khairi, Che Mat
Myat Moe Thwe, Aung
Rohayah, Husain
Vidya, Bhagat
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title The Relationship between Big Five Personality Traits and Academic Performance in Medical Students
title_short The Relationship between Big Five Personality Traits and Academic Performance in Medical Students
title_full The Relationship between Big Five Personality Traits and Academic Performance in Medical Students
title_fullStr The Relationship between Big Five Personality Traits and Academic Performance in Medical Students
title_full_unstemmed The Relationship between Big Five Personality Traits and Academic Performance in Medical Students
title_sort relationship between big five personality traits and academic performance in medical students
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