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World J Psychiatry. Apr 19, 2026; 16(4): 116146
Published online Apr 19, 2026. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v16.i4.116146
Published online Apr 19, 2026. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v16.i4.116146
Relationship between personality, resilience, and empathy among dental students: A cross-sectional study
Long-Fei You, Department of Neurosurgery, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230000, Anhui Province, China
Jie Qin, Shenyang Mental Health Center, Shenyang 110168, Liaoning Province, China
Yu-Wei Sun, Department of Psychiatry, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110022, Liaoning Province, China
Qian Gao, Liaoning Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Shenyang 110010, Liaoning Province, China
Co-first authors: Long-Fei You and Jie Qin.
Co-corresponding authors: Yu-Wei Sun and Qian Gao.
Author contributions: You LF and Qin J designed the research study, performed the research and collected the data, analyzed the data and drafted the manuscript, have made crucial and indispensable contributions towards the completion of the project and thus qualified as the co-first authors of the paper; Sun YW and Gao Q supervised this article, contributed to the interpretation of the results and critically revised the manuscript for important intellectual content, have played important and indispensable roles in the manuscript preparation as the co-corresponding authors; all authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of China Medical University.
Informed consent statement: All study participants provided informed consent electronically prior to study inclusion.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
STROBE statement: The authors have read the STROBE Statement-checklist of items, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the STROBE Statement-checklist of items.
Data sharing statement: Technical appendix, statistical code, and anonymized dataset are available from the corresponding author at sunywpsy@163.com. Participant consent for data sharing was not obtained, but the presented data are anonymized and the risk of identification is low.
Corresponding author: Yu-Wei Sun, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, No. 36 Sanhao Street, Shenyang 110000, Liaoning Province, China. sunywpsy@163.com
Received: November 28, 2025
Revised: December 26, 2025
Accepted: January 23, 2026
Published online: April 19, 2026
Processing time: 121 Days and 22.6 Hours
Revised: December 26, 2025
Accepted: January 23, 2026
Published online: April 19, 2026
Processing time: 121 Days and 22.6 Hours
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Core Tip: Empathy is essential for effective dentist-patient communication, yet its psychological determinants in dental students remain insufficiently understood. This study demonstrates that Big Five personality traits are differentially asso