Medical students' cognitive appraisal of stressful life events as related to personality, physical well-being, and academic performance: A longitudinal study

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 219-235

  Hojat, Mohammadreza ^a   Gonnella, Joseph S ^a   Erdmann, James B ^a   Vogel, Wolfgang H ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Appraisal of stress; Medical education; Medical students; Personality; Physical health

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037655002     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(02)00186-1     Document Type: Article

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