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| Title |
The relationship between resilience and personality traits in doctors: implications for enhancing well being
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| Published in |
PeerJ, November 2013
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| DOI | 10.7717/peerj.216 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Diann S. Eley, C. Robert Cloninger, Lucie Walters, Caroline Laurence, Robyn Synnott, David Wilkinson |
| Abstract |
Objective. The health and well being of medical doctors is vital to their longevity and safe practice. The concept of resilience is recognised as a key component of well being and is an important factor in medical training to help doctors learn to cope with challenge, stress, and adversity. This study examined the relationship of resilience to personality traits and resilience in doctors in order to identify the key traits that promote or impair resilience. Methods. A cross sectional cohort of 479 family practitioners in practice across Australia was studied. The Temperament and Character Inventory measured levels of the seven basic dimensions of personality and the Resilience Scale provided an overall measure of resilience. The associations between resilience and personality were examined by Pearson product-moment correlation coefficients, controlling for age and gender (α = 0.05 with an accompanying 95% confidence level) and multiple regression analyses. Results. Strong to medium positive correlations were found between Resilience and Self-directedness (r = .614, p < .01), Persistence (r = .498, p < .01), and Cooperativeness (r = .363, p < .01) and negative with Harm Avoidance (r = .-555, p < .01). Individual differences in personality explained 39% of the variance in resilience [F(7, 460) = 38.40, p < .001]. The three traits which contributed significantly to this variance were Self-directedness (β = .33, p < .001), Persistence (β = .22, p < .001) and Harm Avoidance (β = .19, p < .001). Conclusion. Resilience was associated with a personality trait pattern that is mature, responsible, optimistic, persevering, and cooperative. Findings support the inclusion of resilience as a component of optimal functioning and well being in doctors. Strategies for enhancing resilience should consider the key traits that drive or impair it. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 67 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 10 | 15% |
| United Kingdom | 9 | 13% |
| United States | 8 | 12% |
| Canada | 7 | 10% |
| Argentina | 2 | 3% |
| Spain | 2 | 3% |
| Australia | 2 | 3% |
| Italy | 1 | 1% |
| Brazil | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 3 | 4% |
| Unknown | 22 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 45 | 67% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 12 | 18% |
| Scientists | 8 | 12% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 332 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 1 | <1% |
| Uruguay | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Mexico | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 327 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 48 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 38 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 30 | 9% |
| Researcher | 24 | 7% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 23 | 7% |
| Other | 69 | 21% |
| Unknown | 100 | 30% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 86 | 26% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 62 | 19% |
| Social Sciences | 21 | 6% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 11 | 3% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 10 | 3% |
| Other | 36 | 11% |
| Unknown | 106 | 32% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 58. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 June 2023.
All research outputs
#748,738
of 25,732,188 outputs
Outputs from PeerJ
#735
of 15,308 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#7,418
of 317,540 outputs
Outputs of similar age from PeerJ
#5
of 60 outputs
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