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dc.contributor.authorRogers, Mary E
dc.contributor.authorCreed, Peter A
dc.contributor.authorSearle, Judy
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T11:29:24Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T11:29:24Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.date.modified2012-08-19T21:24:54Z
dc.identifier.issn0191-8869
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.paid.2011.11.006
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/46351
dc.description.abstractMedical students are exposed to demanding academic workloads and are often under considerable psychological strain. This study examined important person and environmental variables that might predict their psychological well-being. Participants were 755 students in years 2-6 from 11 Australian medical schools. A web-based survey assessed well-being, personality, professional expectations, lifestyle expectations, barriers, academic stress, and debt. A hierarchical regression analysis demonstrated that extraversion, conscientiousness, professional expectations, and lifestyle expectations were positively associated with well-being, while academic stress, which was the strongest predictor, neuroticism, and concern about debt were negatively associated. Medical students who displayed a disposition that was outgoing, conscientious, and stable, who were less stressed about their academic workload and their level of debt, and who held higher expectations for their future professional career, and expectations of a balanced lifestyle, had better well-being. Medical educators should be aware of these factors and provide support and strategies that promote well-being to students during medical training.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.format.extent172379 bytes
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom472
dc.relation.ispartofpageto477
dc.relation.ispartofissue4
dc.relation.ispartofjournalPersonality and Individual Differences
dc.relation.ispartofvolume52
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchIndustrial and organisational psychology (incl. human factors)
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCognitive and computational psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiological psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSocial and personality psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode520104
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5204
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5202
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5205
dc.titlePerson and environmental factors associated with well-being in medical students
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Business School, Dept of Employment Relations and Human Resources
gro.rights.copyright© 2011 Elsevier. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
gro.date.issued2012
gro.hasfulltextFull Text
gro.griffith.authorRogers, Mary E.
gro.griffith.authorCreed, Peter A.


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