Potential predictors of psychological distress and well-being in medical students: A cross-sectional pilot study

Advances in Medical Education and Practice

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages 125-135

  Bore, Miles ^a   Kelly, Brian ^b   Nair, Balakrishnan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Medical student; Personality; Psychological distress; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 85090200699     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11797258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/AMEP.S96802     Document Type: Article

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