PAPER #62 - Emotional stability as a personality trait of dental students in correlation with professional interests.

Problem Statement: One of the issues during the past two decades that has attracted the attention of experimental and theoretical debate is emotional factor. This interest could be partly due to the role that emotional stability in individual professional behaviors plays. Aim of Study: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the relationships between emotional stability as a personality traits with professional interests of students from the final year from the Faculty of Dental Medicine, Ovidius University of Constanta. Research Methods: To achieve the main goal of the study, research data were collected by means of questionnaire from a sample of 56 students from the final year. Assessments were made at Center of Counseling and Career Guidance within the Ovidius University of Constanta. Assessment tools used in the study are taken from the Platform of Psychological Evaluation Cognitrom Assessment System. The present study is correlation. Data were studied using Pearson correlation coefficient, Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) software for MS Windows, version 15.0. Findings: Pearson's correlation coefficient showed that a significant positive correlation between emotional stability, as a personality trait and investigative, realistic and social interests as well as a moderate positive correlation with the enterprising interests. There was no correlation between emotional stability, as a personality trait and artistic and conventional interests. Conclusions: Regarding the emotional stability, they can face the stressful situations, without extreme and inconsistencies events in any situation. These results confirm that all the Dental Medicine final year students meet the requirements relating to professional interests described by the ideal profile of a dental practitioner. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]