J Korean Neuropsychiatr Assoc.  2017 Feb;56(1):45-50. 10.4306/jknpa.2017.56.1.45.

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

• Shin MS
• Choi JI
• Lee M
• Lee J
• Kim J
• Shin J
• Kwon JS

• KMID: 2379378
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4306/jknpa.2017.56.1.45

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.

Keyword

Personality assessment; Assessment scale; Hospital employees

MeSH Terms

Adult
Humans
Mental Health
Outpatients
Personality Assessment*
Reproducibility of Results
Weights and Measures

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