Personality profiles and risk behaviours in students from universities in Timis county, Romania
2018
In the performed study we investigated the personality profiles in students from universities in Timis County, and students with risk behaviours (tobacco smoke, alcohol and drug consumption, suicidal and aggressive behaviours and risk sexual behaviour). The method consisted on two epidemiological enquiries, a crosssectional survey (Freiburg Personality Inventory – FPI 212 – for personality profile establishing) and another retrospective (CORT – 2004 – for risk behaviours investigation), applied together, individual and anonymous on a sample of 2124 students from universities in Timis County. Obtained result indicated a profile with high ranks (rank 7) of the scales FP1 Nervousness and FP9 Sincerity for entire sample, the same profile for smokers, low ranks (rank 3 and 2) of the scale FP8 Inhibition for alcohol and drugs consumers respectively, average ranks (4-6) of all the scales for students with suicidal behaviour, low rank (rank 3) of the scale FPE Extroversion for students physical aggressive, high ranks (rank 7) of the scale FP5 Sociability for students verbal aggressive and with risk sexual behaviours. The students with risk behaviours excepting suicidal have high ranks (7) of the scales FP1 Nervousness and FP9 Sincerity. In conclusion, Freiburg Personality Inventory can be used successfully to assess personality profile for a group of people at a specific period of life (developmental stage).
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