Dental students' perceived sources of stress: A multi-country study

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 631-639

  Polychronopoulou, Argy ^a,c   Divaris, Kimon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Section of Basic Sciences and Oral Biology   (Greece)

^c The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Costs; Dental education; Dental students; PBL; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROATIA; CURRICULUM; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL STUDENT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; IRELAND; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SLOVENIA; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWEDEN; WORKLOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROATIA; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, DENTAL; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; IRELAND; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SLOVENIA; SPAIN; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, DENTAL; SWEDEN; TRAINING SUPPORT; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66149148240     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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