Role of language proficiency and personality traits upon the academic performance of undergraduate medical students.

This study shows CSE properties, which characterize personality traits such as self-confidence, self-efficacy, and emotional stability, may be protective factors for the clinical training situations of medical students.[ 11 ] LOC is a well-established factor responsible for the overall performance of an individual.[ 4 ] In the study, though the observed difference in the academic performances of participants with internal LOC and external LOC was statistically nonsignificant, a definite trend was obvious indicating better academic performance by the participants with internal LOC.

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