The impact of a self-development coaching programme on medical and dental students' psychological health and academic performance: A randomised controlled trial

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Aboalshamat, Khalid ^a,b   Hou, Xiang Yu ^b   Strodl, Esben ^b  

^a UMM AL QURA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DENTAL STUDENT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; SAUDI ARABIA; SELF EFFICACY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, DENTAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939439054     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12909-015-0412-4     Document Type: Article

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