The validity and reliability of the USM personality inventory (USMaP-i): Its use to identify personality of future medical students

International Medical Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 283-287

  Yusoff, Muhamad Saiful Bahri ^a   Rahim, Ahmad Fuad Abdul ^a   Aziz, Rosniza Abd ^a   Pa, Mohamad Najib Mat ^a   Mey, See Ching ^b   Ja'Afar, Rogayah ^a   Esa, Ab Rahman ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Medical student; Personality; Reliability; Student selection; Undergraduate; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSCIENCE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; EXTRAVERSION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; STUDENT ATTITUDE; UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA PERSONALITY INVENTORY; VALIDITY;

EID: 83655191168     PISSN: 13412051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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