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A Study to Assess the Personality of the I Year B.Sc (N) Students in Selected College, at Chennai

A. Vimala null, V. Abirami null, S.P. Sangeetha null

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Community and Public Health Nursing 8(3):p 95-97, September - December 2023. | DOI: https://doi.org/10.21088/cphn.2455.8621.8323.3

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Abirami V, Vimala A, Sangeetha SP. A study to assess the personality of the I year B.Sc (N) students in selected college, at Chennai. Community and Public Health Nursing. 2023;8(3):95–7.

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Received : April 27, 2023         Accepted : May 31, 2023          Published : June 30, 2023

Abstract

Background: Personality is an individual's unique and relatively stable patterns of behaviour, thoughts and emotions. Student's personality is an essential component in order to plan andteach lessons according to student's individual needs.

Aims: To assess the level of personality, to associate the level of personality with demographic variables.

Materials and Methods: Non experimental descriptive study design was used. 95 students were chosen for the the study through simple random sampling technique. The big five model is used to measure the normal personality of students.

Results: During the interpretation, the parents who are working as a business people, 6% of their children are conscientiousness, the parents who are working as a daily wage people, 33% of their children are agreeableness, the parents who are working as a government employee, 3% of their children are conscientiousness, the parents who are working as a private employee, 16% of their childrens are agree ableness.

Conclusions: Students need to improve the personality to reach the level of conscientiousness. As it is the personality of the students will impact their professional development.

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This article does not involve any human or animal subjects, and therefore does not require ethics approval.

Acknowledgements

We would like to express our gratitude to the patients, their families, and all those who have contributed to this study.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work.

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Abirami V, Vimala A, Sangeetha SP. A study to assess the personality of the I year B.Sc (N) students in selected college, at Chennai. Community and Public Health Nursing. 2023;8(3):95–7.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.21088/cphn.2455.8621.8323.3

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PersonalityStudentsAssessmentBig five personality traits

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Received April 27, 2023
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