Personality types of dental school applicants

European Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 100-107

  Morris, David O ^a  

^a LEEDS DENTAL INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dental education; Personality questionnaire; Personality type

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL STUDENT; EMOTION; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INTROVERSION; INTUITION; LEARNING; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; TEMPERAMENT; THINKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EDUCATION, DENTAL; EMOTIONS; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; INTROVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTUITION; JUDGMENT; LEARNING; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS; STUDENTS, DENTAL; TEMPERAMENT; THINKING;

EID: 0034252488     PISSN: 13965883     EISSN: 16000579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0579.2000.040302.x     Document Type: Article

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