The Relation between A and B Personality Types with Educational Performance in Medical Students of Ahvaz Jundishapur Medical Sciences University

This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between two types of A and B personality with academic achievement of medical students in Jundishapour university and the primary aim was also to evaluate the variance in academic achievement in these two personality types, namely A and B. 68 medical students (45 female and 23 male) at internship level from Ahwaz University of Medical Sciences were dissociated on the basis of type A and B by type A behavior questionnaire. Academic achievement was evaluated by means of recent five years averages. Moreover, data analysis was done by SPSS soft ware indicated that it was no significant differences in academic achievement in two personality types A and B. Furthermore, there were no significant difference in personality type and gender and also personality type of A was more common than type B in present study population.