TYPE A/B PERSONALITY IN UNDERGRADUATE MEDICAL STUDENTS AND GROUP PRESSURE; CONFORMITY

Authors

  • Zainab Waheed Department of Psychiatry, Naseer Teaching Hospital, Peshawar
  • Sofi a Shehzad Department of Community Dentistry, Sardar Begum Dental College, Peshawar
  • Sabeen Rahim Department of Psychology, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University, Peshawar
  • Waleed Ahmad Department of Psychiatry, Mercy Teaching Hospital, Peshawar
  • Samir Khan Kabir Department of Orthopedics, Naseer Teaching Hospital Peshawar
  • Hamid Hussain Department of Community medicine, Kabir Medical College, Peshawar

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33279/jkcd.v12i2.67

Keywords:

Personality, Conformity, Group pressure, Decision making, Reconsider Time

Abstract

Objectives: To assess the type of personality i.e. type A & type B in undergraduate medical students and to verify which personality takes more group pressure and shows conformity. This study also estimates time to reconsider their decision in each personality.
Methods and materials: A comparative study conducted in Peshawar. Simple probability sampling technique was used and sample of 60 were selected (30 Type A personality & 30 Type B Personality). Informed consent was taken from the participants. After the evaluation, the groups were formed having six confederates and one subject. Participants were asked to observe the
three glasses and select one of them in which they contemplate have more green color kancha and write the glass number on paper. The experiment was conducted in three trials and instructions were given to them. Time taken by subject, when they were thinking over their decision and final answer were recorded. All the participants were debriefed. The data was entered and analyzed in SPSS version 22.
Results: This study reveals that the Type A personality individuals take less group pressure and show conformity. It was also disclosed that Type A Personality do not reconsider their decision or take minimum time as compared to Type B personality after listening the opinions of other group members even when they were right.
Conclusion: It is essential for the trainers to recognize and work on the personality development and modification of the students. Such personalities can be molded towards positive and healthy activities.

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Published

2022-06-30

How to Cite

Zainab Waheed, Sofi a Shehzad, Sabeen Rahim, Waleed Ahmad, Samir Khan Kabir, & Hamid Hussain. (2022). TYPE A/B PERSONALITY IN UNDERGRADUATE MEDICAL STUDENTS AND GROUP PRESSURE; CONFORMITY. JOURNAL OF KHYBER COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY, 12(2), 65–68. https://doi.org/10.33279/jkcd.v12i2.67

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 2 (2022): Journal of Khyber College of Dentistry

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Original Article

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