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J Dent Educ. 68(11): 1178-1184 2004
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International Perspectives on Dental Education

Cultural Consistency in Australian Dental Students from Two Different Ethnic Backgrounds

Rodrigo J. Mariño, C.D., M.P.H., Ph.D.; Geoffrey W. Stuart, Ph.D.; Tracey Winning, B.D.Sc., Grad.Dip.H.Ed., Ph.D.; Michael V. Morgan, B.D.Sc., Ph.D.; W. Murray Thomson, B.D.Sc., M.A., M.Com.Dent., Ph.D.; Roderick I. Marshall, B.D.Sc., M.D.S.; Theo Gotjamanos, M.D.S., Ph.D.

Dr. Mariño is Senior Lecturer, School of Health, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia; Dr. Stuart is Associate Professor and former Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Cultural Studies in Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Dr. Winning is Senior Lecturer, Dental School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; Dr. Morgan is Associate Professor, School of Dental Science, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Dr. Thomson is Associate Professor, School of Dentistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand; Dr. Marshall is Senior Lecturer, School of Dentistry, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; and Dr. Gotjamanos is Associate Professor, School of Dentistry, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia. Direct correspondence and requests for reprints to Dr. Rodrigo Mariño, School of Health, University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2351 Australia; 61-2-6773-3647 phone; 61-2-6773-3666 fax; rmarino{at}metz.une.edu.au.

Key words: culture, ethnicity, value orientations, dental students, Australia

Submitted for publication 07/19/04; accepted 09/18/04

The objective of this study was to examine the value orientations of dental students from different ethnic backgrounds studying in Australian dental schools. A ninety-eight-item questionnaire was used to collect the data, including fifteen subscales developed consistent with the Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck value orientation model. To compare the value orientation structure and to determine if any ethnic differences existed, a multivariate analysis of variance called profile analysis was performed on the fifteen value subscales. Of the 401 participants, 30.2 percent were Anglo-Australian and 44.9 percent were Asian. The remainder (24.9 percent) were "Other—background residents" or "Other—international students." This article presents data from Asian (n=184) and Anglo-Australian (n=124) background respondents. Mean age was 21.7 years (s.e. 0.35 years) among Anglo-Australian and 20.8 years (s.e. 0.17 years) among Asians. Asians born overseas represented 70.7 percent (n=130) of this group. Of Australia-born Asians (n=54), 90.6 percent were first-generation Australians. When comparing their value profile, we found a significant association between ethnicity and value orientation profile scores (p<0.05). Despite the significant overall result, the strength of the association ({eta}2=0.007) indicated that this effect was trivial relative to the unexplained variance in value orientation. The findings suggest that, behind an apparent ethnic diversity, a single distinctive value profile might exist to which the majority of dental students subscribe.






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