의과대학생의 성격과 학업만족도 및 학업성취도간의 관련성 연구

Study On The Relationship Between Personality, Study Satisfaction And Academic Achievement of Medical Students

본 연구는 Jung의 성격유형론에 근거한 MBTI 성격 검사를 통하여 의과대학생들의 성격유형을 파악하고, 이러한 성격유형이 학업 만족도와 학업성취도와 어떠한 관계가 있는지를 알아보는데 그 목적이 있다. 연구 내용을 보다 구체적으로 살펴보면, 첫째, 의과대학생들의 성격검사를 실시함으로써 성격유형별로 구분한다. 둘째, 성격에 따른 학업만족도의 차이를 알아보기 위해 각 성격별로 적응, 태도, 그리고 만족간의 유의미한 차이를 보이고 있는지 분석한다. 셋째, 성격에 따른 학업성취도의 차이를 알아보기 위해 각 성격별로 학업성취 정도의 차이를 보이고 있는지 검증한다.

The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between personality type and study satisfaction and academic achievement of medical students. The personality of the students was examined based on MBTI personality theory. According to MBTI theory, personality type consists of 4 dimensions, and each dimension has two contrasting preferences. These preferences are as follows: extraversion(E)-intraversion(I), sensing(S)-intuition(N), thinking(T)-feeling(F), and judging(J)-perceiving(P). For this study, 269 students were sampled from the first to forth year of medical school. MBTI test was administered to the students and information about their study satisfaction was collected. The results of this study were as followss: First, the result of MBTI test showed that most medical students are personality type ISTJ(22.4 %), followed by ESTJ (11.6%), ISTP (10.4%). Second, the relationship between study satisfaction and personalty indicator E-I and J-P was statistically significant. Also, the relationship between adaptation as a subscale of satisfaction and personality indicator E-I and J-P was statistically significant. The relationship between attitude and personality was except for the indicator S-N , statistically significant. Finally the relationship between satisfaction and personality indicator E-I , S-N , J-P was statistically significant. Third, the result of t-test showed that academic achievement was significantly associated with student s personality in the dimensions Thinking(T) and Feeling(F). Students with personal type Thinking(T) had higher academic achievement than students with personal type Feeling(F). These results imply that a diagnosis of personality can be used to develop programs for medical students which can help them to be satisfied with academic environment and therefore to enhance their academic achievement. As well, these results can be used to analyse the appropriate aptitude for medicine which is very important in the selection of medical students.