A longitudinal study of psychological stress among undergraduate dental students at the University of Jordan

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Abu Ghazaleh, Suha B ^a   Sonbol, Hawazen N ^a   Rajab, Lamis D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Academic environment; Dental environment stress questionnaire; Stress; Undergraduate dental

Indexed keywords

CHI SQUARE TEST; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL STUDENT; DISSOCIATIVE EXPERIENCES SCALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JORDAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT T TEST; TOOTH; UNIVERSITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; JORDAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SCHOOLS, DENTAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, DENTAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84960874620     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12909-016-0612-6     Document Type: Article

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