AUTHOR=Hirakawa Hirofumi , Terao Takeshi , Kohno Kentaro , Sakai Akari , Kawano Nobuko 

TITLE=Comparison of affective temperament, parental bonding, and intelligence between individuals who chose medical and non-medical professions

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Medicine

VOLUME=Volume 12 - 2025

YEAR=2025

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/medicine/articles/10.3389/fmed.2025.1647460

DOI=10.3389/fmed.2025.1647460

ISSN=2296-858X

ABSTRACT=BackgroundProfessional choice is an important aspect of one’s life and is associated with biopsychosocial and economic factors. Medical and co-medical professional choices may involve a noble intention to contribute to patients. Thus, this study aimed to investigate the association between medical and co-medical professional choices and affective temperament, parental bonding, and intelligence.MethodsThe dataset included 130 individuals (19 with medical or co-medical professional choices and 111 without). Data on participants’ demographics, intelligence levels, affective temperament, and parental bonding were collected and subsequently compared among the two groups using an unpaired t-test and χ2 test. Thereafter, binomial logistic regression analysis using the likelihood ratio and forward method was performed, with medical or co-medical professional choice as the dependent variable and potentially significant variables (p < 0.2) in the above t-test or χ2 test as independent variables.ResultsOnly higher paternal care was significantly associated with medical and co-medical professional choices.ConclusionOur study findings suggest that paternal care is associated with medical or co-medical professional choices. Further prospective studies are required to determine causal relationships and investigate other factors related to such choices, given the non-association of all other variables in the study.