Job Satisfaction among Forensic Physicians in Romania

The aim of the study is to identify the level of job satisfaction among forensic physicians and its relationship with personality traits and alexithymia. A number of 37 forensic physicians from 11 forensic institutions answered some questionnaires. In order to identify the level of job satisfaction The Job Satisfaction Scale was used, to evaluate the alexithymia score the TAS-20 was used and to identify the personality traits the BIG FIVE Inventory was applied. Socio-demographic data, information related to the professional activity and self-evaluated psychological data were also registered. Data analysis was done using SPSS Statistics v23.0.0 for MAC.OSX. For the comparative analysis the t-test for independent samples was used and the statistical difference was defined as p<0.05. For the correlational study, Pearson correlations were applied and to identify the influence of our personality factors on job satisfaction we used multiple linear regressions. Regarding job satisfaction, we obtained an average of 4.38 +/- 0.75, which corresponds to a medium level of job satisfaction and the score for alexithymia was 43.27 +/- 3.71, meaning that forensic physicians showed a low level of alexithymia. Analyzing the job satisfaction, high scores were obtained for the payment and promotion factor. For the third factor, organization and communication skills, the low scores indicate the employee's dissatisfaction regarding the manner in which his tasks are organized and defined (e.g. defining the tasks, the effort required to do the tasks, communication and feedback).