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VOLUME 25 , ISSUE 9 ( September, 2024 ) > List of Articles

ORIGINAL RESEARCH

A Comparative Analysis of Introvert and Extrovert Dental Students toward Clinical Performance

Roselle B Ramos, Maria Sevilla L Belza, Gloria B Coronado, Ghadeer S Alwadai, Nada A Alamoudi, Naif N Abogazalah, Saleh A Alqahtani, Mohammed H Muharraq, Adel M Jawhali, Mohammed M Al Moaleem

Keywords : Clinical performance, Introvert and extrovert, Personality type

Citation Information : Ramos RB, Belza MS, Coronado GB, Alwadai GS, Alamoudi NA, Abogazalah NN, Alqahtani SA, Muharraq MH, Jawhali AM, Al Moaleem MM. A Comparative Analysis of Introvert and Extrovert Dental Students toward Clinical Performance. J Contemp Dent Pract 2024; 25 (9):830-835.

DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10024-3668

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

Published Online: 20-12-2024

Copyright Statement:  Copyright © 2024; The Author(s).


Abstract

Aim: This study aims to identify introvert and extrovert personality types among level-6 dental students in the College of Dentistry, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia, and analyze their clinical performance. Materials and methods: In this causal–comparative research, 72 level-6 dental students (29 males and 43 females) of the College of Dentistry of Jazan University for the school year 2023–2024 were chosen to be the respondents. Myers–Briggs type indicator (MBTI), a personality test designed to differentiate introversion and extroversion, was used. Two independent variables were compared in accordance with the average grades in their clinical performance. Results: The average grade of introvert dental students was 83.54 ± 7.57, with a median of 85.06, and that of extrovert dental students was 84.03 ± 7.01, with a median of 86.9. The p-value was calculated to be 0.917, and a significance level of 0.05 was used for comparison. Conclusion: Clinical performance was not significantly different between introvert and extrovert dental students. Clinical significance: Awareness of personality differences of members of a dental team is vital to help translate every weakness into a workable strength so that the treatment plan for each patient will be delivered with utmost quality and excellence.

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