Perceived sources of stress in the dental school environment.

Full Abstract

The purpose of this study was to identify the perceived stress of dental students across the entire curriculum (D1-D4 years). The dental environmental stress (DES) questionnaire was administered to 244 (90.4 percent) dental students during 1990. Significant differences were found for 12 questionnaire items across four classes. For male-female comparisons, significant differences were found for 17 questionnaire items, all perceived as more stressful by females; and between classes, significant differences were accounted for by three questionnaire items. Comparisons with previous dental students (1980s) on the identical questionnaire were noted.

Author information

Author/s: Westerman, G H (GH); Grandy, T G (TG); Ocanto, R A (RA); Erskine, C G (CG);

Affiliation: Department of Community and Preventive Dentistry, Creighton University, Omaha, NE 68178.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: Journal of dental education (J Dent Educ), published in UNITED STATES. (Language: eng)

Reference: 1993-Mar; vol 57 (issue 3) : pp 225-31

Dates: Created 1993/04/20; Completed 1993/04/20; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 8454777, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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