Examination of the Personality Characteristics of Pharmacist in the Framework of Five Factor Model and the Construction of Their Professional Profile

Year 2013, Issue: 2 - Autumn, 323 - 341, 19.12.2013

Arkun Tatar , Gaye Saltukoğlu , Gülistan Dal Berna Atay

Abstract

The reason for choosing pharmacist as a professional group in this study is ease of
access and application of the test to them, and the aim of the study is to determine descriptive
personality profiles of pharmacist in the context of a model study. 106 women
and 75 men pharmacists between the ages of 25-79 participated in the study carried out
by Five Factor Personality Inventory (5FKE). The comparison group consisted of a total of 5477 people, men and women, between the ages of 25-87. The findings revealed
that women pharmacists were more loner, tolerant, moderate, agreeable, altruist, orderly,
compliant with the rules, conscientious, deliberate, provident, emotionally stable, easygoing,
self-confident, abstract thinking, sensitive, and open to newness than the normative
group. While men pharmacists were more loner, assertive, tolerant, moderate, and
agreeable, altruist, orderly, compliant with the rules, conscientious, deliberate, provident,
self-confident, abstract thinking and sensitive than the normative group.

Keywords

Pharmacist; Personality Profiles; Personality Test; Personality Profiles of Occupation

Eczacıların Beş Faktör Modeli Çerçevesinden Kişilik Özelliklerinin İncelenmesi ve Meslek Grubu Profillerinin Oluşturulması

Abstract

Bu çalışmada, model bir çalışma olması bağlamında, Türkiye’de bir meslek grubu
olarak kişilere ulaşabilme ve test uygulamasını yürütme kolaylığı açısından eczacılar seçilmiş
ve grubun betimleyici kişilik profillerinin çıkarılması amaçlanmıştır. Beş Faktör
Kişilik Envanteri (5FKE) ile yürütülen çalışmaya 25-79 yaşları arasında 106 kadın 75
erkek eczacı katılmıştır. Karşılaştırma grubu olarak 25-87 yaşları arasında kadın, erkek
olmak üzere toplam 5477 kişilik veri kullanılmıştır. Kadın grubunda, eczacı kadınlar, kadın
norm grubundan daha yalnızlığı seven, hoşgörülü, ılımlı, uzlaşmacı, yumuşak kalpli,
düzenli, kurallara bağlı, sorumlu, kararlı, tedbirli, duygusal olarak tutarlı, rahat, kendine
güvenli, analitik düşünen, duyarlı ve yeniliğe açıktır. Erkek grubunda eczacı erkekler,
erkek norm grubundan daha yalnızlığı seven, girişken, hoşgörülü, ılımlı, uzlaşmacı, yumuşak
kalpli, düzenli, kurallara bağlı, sorumlu, kararlı, tedbirli, kendine güvenli, analitik
düşünen ve duyarlıdır.

Keywords

Eczacı; Kişilik Profili; Kişilik Testi; Meslek Grubu Profili

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