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

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.