Exploring the Temperament and Character Traits of Rural and Urban Doctors

Autor/inn/en	Eley, Diann; Young, Louise; Przybeck, Thomas R.
Titel	Exploring the Temperament and Character Traits of Rural and Urban Doctors
Quelle	In: Journal of Rural Health, 25 (2009) 1, S.43-49 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0890-765X
DOI	10.1111/j.1748-0361.2009.00197.x
Schlagwörter	Personality Traits; Physicians; Personality Assessment; Foreign Countries; Rural Areas; Urban Areas; Comparative Analysis; Individual Characteristics; Questionnaires; Gender Differences; Age Differences; Recruitment; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Physician; Doctor; Arzt; Persönlichkeitsanalyse; Ausland; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Urban area; Stadtregion; Personality traits; Fragebogen; Geschlechterkonflikt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Recruiting; Rekrutierung; Australien
Abstract	Context: Australia shares many dilemmas with North America regarding shortages of doctors in rural and remote locations. This preliminary study contributes to the establishment of a psychobiological profile for rural doctors by comparing temperament and character traits with an urban cohort. Purpose: The aim was to compare the individual levels and combinations of temperament (mildly heritable and stable) and character (developmental and modifiable) traits of rural and urban general practitioners (GPs). Methods: Rural (n = 120) and urban (n = 94) GPs completed a demographic questionnaire and the TCI-R 140 to identify levels of the 7 basic dimensions of temperament and character. These are Novelty Seeking (NS), Harm Avoidance (HA), Reward Dependence (RD), Persistence (PS), Self-Directedness (SD), Cooperativeness (CO), and Self-Transcendence (ST). Findings: Preliminary results show rural GPs were higher in the temperament traits of NS and lower in HA compared with the urban sample. All female GPs were higher in RD and CO compared with all males, and all older GPs (over 55 years) were lower in RD compared with all younger GPs. Conclusions: This preliminary work may be the precursor to a new approach for the recruitment and retention of rural doctors through a greater awareness of personality traits conducive to the rural workforce. Further work may help inform appropriate policies to attract and retain this workforce and be a useful adjunct to the counseling of students interested in rural medicine by providing a better understanding of "what it takes" to be a rural doctor. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10