Abstract
Background: This study was carried out to determine the relationship between types of personality and level of academic performance among health sciences students in Malaysia. Methods: A total number of 246 students were participated in this study. The questionnaire was distributed randomly from students of each semester. Data were entered and analyzed using PASW Statistics Version 18.0. Relationship between GPA and BFA were analyzed using the multiple linear regressions. The Spearman’s correlation, multiple li near regression were used in this study. Findings were presented with adjusted OR, 95% CI and p-value. Results: The majority of the study participants were single (98%), Malay (62.2%). This study revealed that the most dominant personality trait was openness (32.8 ± 5.1) and the least dominant was neuroticism (23.9 ± 4.4). Spearman’s correlation analysis showed that there was correlation between GPA and the following types of personality: openness (p=0.001), conscientiousness (p<0.001), extraversion (p=0.018). Multiple linear regression analysis showed that openness and conscientiousness personalities were positively associated with academic performance (p=0.047, p=0.036; respectively). Conclusion: Our study, for the fist time, assessed the relationship between types of personality and level of academic performance among health sciences students in Malaysia. Openness and conscientiousness personalities were found to be positively associated with academic performance.
Highlights
Research on personality and its relationships to important personal, social and economic constructs is as vibrant and influential as ever [1], and such research has allowed researchers to assess the major features of these relationships, providing guidance for future studies including the relationship between personality and academic performance
Study setting and sample A research on the relationship between types of personality and level of academic performance was conducted among the health sciences students in the Management and Science University, Malaysia: namely, Bachelor in Medical Science (BMS) and Bachelor in Biomedical Science (BBM)
Calculation was done according to a formula used to determine the personality trait which will be linked to the academic achievement by correlating it to the previous CGPA attained by the student
Summary
Research on personality and its relationships to important personal, social and economic constructs is as vibrant and influential as ever [1], and such research has allowed researchers to assess the major features of these relationships, providing guidance for future studies including the relationship between personality and academic performance. The Five-Factor Model (FFM) of personality, which is made up of the dimensions of agreeableness (reflecting likeability and friendliness), conscientiousness (dependability and will-to-achieve), Emotional Stability (adjustment versus anxiety), extraversion (activity and sociability), and Openness (imaginativeness, broad-mindedness and artistic sensibility), has been found important in the regard of academic performance [1, 2]. Among these five factors, conscientiousness has consistently shown a positive relationship with test performance, grades, or Grade Point Average (GPA) [4,5,6].
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