Understanding the well-being of dentistry students.
Eur J Dent Educ
; 26(1): 1-10, 2022 Feb.
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ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
The transactional model of stress is a framework describing the process for coping with stressful events as a relationship between the individual person and environment. This study aimed to investigate the associations between personality, learning environment and experiences of mental health for a cohort of Australian dentistry students. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
Students were invited in 2017 to complete an online questionnaire including the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21), The Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM) and Cloninger's Temperament and Character Inventory (TCIR-140). Students were followed-up one year later, and generalised estimating equations were used.RESULTS:
A total of 219 (response 73.5%) students participated in the study. Two personality profiles of dentistry students were identified. Group 1 were significantly higher in the traits persistence, self-directedness, cooperativeness and reward dependence, whereas Group 2 were significantly higher in harm avoidance. Students with Group 2 personality had a 3.12 (CI1.72-5.65) increased odds of depression compared to Group 1 students. Compared to students with positive perceptions of the learning environment, students with negative perceptions had increased odds of stress (3.48, CI 1.85-6.53), depression (2.71, CI 1.57- 4.65) and anxiety (2.59, CI 1.56-4.28).CONCLUSION:
Students with personalities high in levels of self-directedness, cooperativeness and persistence and low in harm avoidance, as found in Group 1, demonstrate high levels of general well-being. Positive perceptions of the dentistry learning environment were found to be an important influence on students stress. This study highlighted a number of factors important to student well-being and provides direction for further investigation of interventions aimed at enhancing student well-being.Palavras-chave
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Caráter
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Educação em Odontologia
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Oceania
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Eur J Dent Educ
Assunto da revista:
EDUCACAO
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ODONTOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2022
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Austrália