Doctors are more extroverted, but also more neurotic and less open than patients, says study BMJ_Open
, say the researchers, adding that in turn, these differences may create a mismatch between how doctors deliver information and how patients receive it.
The Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia survey of 25,358 members of the general public aged 20-85 included 18,705 patients, 1,261 highly educated people, and 5,814 professional caregivers. They focused on the"big 5" personality traits of conscientiousness, agreeableness, extroversion, neuroticism, andas well as locus of control—belief in personal agency rather than external forces, such as fate, a higher power, or powerful others .
Somewhat unexpectedly, doctors more strongly believed themselves subject to external forces beyond their control than the general public. Although significant, this difference was relatively small, and there were no significant differences between doctors and patients, caring professionals, or the highly educated, caution the researchers.
The researchers acknowledge certain limitations to their findings. Although based on well-known and validated instruments, the scales used to assesswere self-rated. And the"big 5" descriptors differed slightly between the two surveys.
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