Students, stress and coping strategies: A case of Pakistani Medical School

Education for Health

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 346-353

  Shaikh, Babar T ^a   Kahloon, Arsalan ^a   Kazmi, Muhammad ^a   Khalid, Hamza ^a   Nawaz, Kiran ^a   Khan, Nadia A ^a   Khan, Saadiya ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Coping strategies; Medical college; Stress; Students

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; COUNSELING; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEISURE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL STRESS; MOOD; MUSIC; PAKISTAN; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SPORT; STRESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEACHER; WORKLOAD;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 9444274027     PISSN: 13576283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13576280400002585     Document Type: Article

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