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Assessments of Self -Esteem and Stress among Babylon Medical College students | ||
| Kerbala Journal of Medicine | ||
| Article 1, Volume 10, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 2747-2755 PDF (0 K) | ||
| Authors | ||
| Ali Emad; Hadeel Fadhil Farhood; Sijal Fadhil F; Ameer Kadhem; Ashraf M. Ali; Ameer Najah | ||
| Abstract | ||
| b ackground: medical students experience a high level of stress during their undergraduate course. High level of stress may have a negative effect on cognitive functioning and learning of students in the medical school. The objectives: to assess stress, self-esteem among medical students and some factors effect on them and the effect of stress on self -esteem. Material and method: (185) undergraduate students of medical college Babylon university that were selected randomly. A written questionnaire about some socio-demographic information, assess the stress and the self -esteem. Weight and height of the participant students was also taken. Results: (49%) of participants have normal Self-esteem and (57%) of participants have medium stresses and low level of high stress (14.8%) with no significant associations of stress with participant gender , study level and residence and with body mass index with increase in frequency of high stress in underweight students. There was significant association of Self-Esteem Scale with study level, delay in academic years and using computer and reduce level of self-esteem with increased level of stress Conclusion: about half of students reported normal self -esteem with medium stress and low level of high stress during period of examination and reduce level of self-esteem with increased level of stress. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Rosenberg Self; Esteem Scale; Perceived stress scale; medical students | ||
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