J Korean Neuropsychiatr Assoc. 2017 Feb;56(1):45-50. Korean.
Published online Feb 28, 2017.
Copyright © 2017 Korean Neuropsychiatric Association
Original Article

The Development and Validation of a Personality Assessment Scale for Hospital Employees

Min-Sup Shin, PhD,1 Jung In Choi, MA,2 Miso Lee, MA,2 Jihoo Lee, MA,2 Jihyang Kim, MA,3 Jiwon Shin, MA,3 and Jun Soo Kwon, MD, PhD1
    • 1Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
    • 2Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
    • 3Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Seoul National University Children's Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
Received September 20, 2016; Revised January 06, 2017; Accepted January 17, 2017.

Abstract

Objectives

This study was conducted to develop a Personality Assessment Scale for Hospital Employees (PAS-HE). Most current personality scales for recruiting employees have focused on evaluating the negative aspects of mental health. The present study sought to develop a Self-Report Questionnaire that assessed not only mental health problems but also positive personality traits and character strengths, as well as capabilities for hospital work.

Methods

Initially, a preliminary item pool was constructed and administered to psychiatry outpatients (n=44), hospital employees (n=217), and normal adults matched to hospital employees (n=217). Using the data from the three groups, the final 250 items for the PAS-HE were selected. Next, using data from 637 normal adults, internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and factor structure were examined and age norms were calculated for each of four age groups (18–25, 26–35, 36–45, 46–55 years).

Results

The PAS-HE showed moderate to high internal consistency, good temporal stability, and good construct validity. Factor structure and t-score norms (mean=50, SD=10) for each age group were established.

Conclusion

The results of this study indicated the reliability and validity of the developed PAS-HE, suggesting that the PAS-HE can be time- and cost-efficient when used for recruitment and human resource management in hospitals.

Keywords
Personality assessment; Assessment scale; Hospital employees

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Table 1
Comparison of mean score of each age groups

Table 2
Factor structure of PAS-HE

Notes

Conflicts of Interest:The authors have no financial conflicts of interest.

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