PMID- 16299608
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20060203
LR  - 20220310
IS  - 1526-3711 (Electronic)
IS  - 1526-3711 (Linking)
VI  - 6
IP  - 4
DP  - 2005 Nov 15
TI  - Perceived sources of stress within a dental educational environment.
PG  - 64-74
AB  - The aim of this study was to identify the perceived sources of stress among 
      dental students, dental hygiene students, and dental technology students enrolled 
      at Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST). The modified dental 
      environment stress questionnaire was administered to 183 students. The perceived 
      stressors varied between major and year. Dental students gave high scores for 
      examinations, reduced holidays, inadequate time for relaxation, fear of failure, 
      completing clinical requirements, and differences in opinion between staff. 
      Dental hygiene students gave the highest scores for uncertainty about the field 
      of study as future career, examinations, inadequate clinical training and 
      supervision, inadequate relaxation, and discrimination between students. Dental 
      technology students also gave high scores for uncertainty about future career, 
      examinations, approachability of the staff, inadequate relaxation, and completing 
      requirements. Females are more stressed than males with regard to personal 
      factors. Dental technology and/or dental hygiene students have significantly 
      higher scores than dental students in 12 items. Students who reported their first 
      choice of study was not their current field of study showed more stress 
      concerning their future careers. The high scores reported for some stressors 
      among students emphasize the need to address student's concerns.
FAU - Al-Omari, Wael Mousa
AU  - Al-Omari WM
AD  - Department of Restorative Dentistry, Jordan University of Science and Technology.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20051115
PL  - India
TA  - J Contemp Dent Pract
JT  - The journal of contemporary dental practice
JID - 101090552
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Analysis of Variance
MH  - Career Choice
MH  - Dental Hygienists/*education/psychology
MH  - Dental Technicians/*education/psychology
MH  - *Education, Dental
MH  - Educational Measurement
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Jordan
MH  - Male
MH  - Sex Factors
MH  - Social Environment
MH  - Statistics, Nonparametric
MH  - *Stress, Psychological
MH  - Students, Dental/*psychology
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
EDAT- 2005/11/22 09:00
MHDA- 2006/02/04 09:00
CRDT- 2005/11/22 09:00
PHST- 2005/11/22 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2006/02/04 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2005/11/22 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 1526-3711-263 [pii]
PST - epublish
SO  - J Contemp Dent Pract. 2005 Nov 15;6(4):64-74.