Social behavioral pattern among dental students

Abstract

Background: Social behaviour is that the activity of a private which qualifies, modifies or otherwise alters the act of another individual. A social behaviour is caused by the society which stimulates other people of the society or group. Any act which has been influenced by the society and also influences the society is named social act. Any behaviour of an individual which has not been influenced or modified by the society and which itself doesn't qualify, modify or stimulate the members of a society isn't a social behaviour. The aim of the study is find the social behavioural pattern among dental students

Materials and methods: Convenient sampling was employed and all were invited to participate in the survey. Questionnaire about social behavioural patterns was prepared and it was circulated using google forms to dental students in chennai city. The statistical analysis was done  by using SPSS software version 23.

Results: A total of 115 students participated in the survey. The mean age of the students was 19.9 years and 61 of the participants of the survey were females, and 54 were male. Mean age value of the students is 20.28

Conclusion: By this study, it can be concluded the social behavioural developmental pattern and attitudes show positive effects.