A longitudinal study of greek dental students' perceived sources of stress

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 524-530

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Dental education; Dental students; Greece; Longitudinal study; Stress

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DENTAL STUDENT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; WORKLOAD;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DENTIST-PATIENT RELATIONS; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF EFFICACY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, DENTAL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 77952298789     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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