Psychological stress in undergraduate dental students: Baseline results from seven European dental schools

European Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 22-29

  Humphris, Gerry ^a   Blinkhorn, Andy ^b   Freeman, Ruth ^c   Gorter, Ronald ^d   Hoad Reddick, Gillian ^b   Murtomaa, Heikki ^e   O'Sullivan, Robin ^f   Splieth, Christian ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY DENTAL HOSPITAL OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Burnout; Dental students; Mental health; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CURRICULUM; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL STUDENT; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATIENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, DENTAL; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PATIENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, DENTAL;

EID: 0036483787     PISSN: 13965883     EISSN: 16000579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0579.2002.060105.x     Document Type: Article

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